Bill Frist is the worst bean counter the Senate has ever seen.  Mark Schmitt had it right in his excellent Frist's BlackBerry Spring.  The man cannot keep the troops in line and he doesn't know when not to call a vote.  Take tonight--he called a cloture vote on the Bolton nomination without having the votes.  And he predictably lost.  Dumb.  It just makes you look stupid when you lose.

His other problem is that he just doesn't have any pull with the White House.  Right now the Democrats have him by the balls on Bolton.  The Administration refuses to turn over some NSA intercepts on Bolton the Democrats want.  If they would just turn over the intercepts, the vote would go forward.  Instead, the Democrats get to drag it on longer and longer, raising more and more doubts about Bolton as time goes on.  If Frist could push the Administration, they would hand over the intercepts and the vote would go forward.  Instead they hand over a tailor-made issue that makes the Administration look terrible and Frist look worse.  Thank God we have these idiots.  Got a feeling '06 is going to be a good year.

Update, Friday May 27 11:30 AM: The LA Times calls on Frist to resign.