If you want to understand why the moderate and the conservative Republicans in Congress have been marching in such tight lock-step, Josh Marshall's description of the breakdown of Republican discipline in congress is extremely informative. He lays out what seems to be the principle source of the discipline when he shows it failing.
He focuses on the weakness of President Bush, but I wonder if the absence of Tom DeLay and the threat of the Abramoff investigation doesn't also have a lot to do with it. In the Senate, it is clear that Frist is a weak leader. Go read Josh and see what you think.
Intelligent comments on this subject would be appreciated.
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