This is Modern Conservatism?

Memo to Senate Republicans: Keep your $100. This is a slap in the face to any one who considers themself a true Conservative:

WASHINGTON, April 30 — The Senate Republican plan to mail $100 checks to voters to ease the burden of high gasoline prices is eliciting more scorn than gratitude from the very people it was intended to help.

Aides for several Republican senators reported a surge of calls and e-mail messages from constituents ridiculing the rebate as a paltry and transparent effort to pander to voters before the midterm elections in November.

"The conservatives think it is socialist bunk, and the liberals think it is conservative trickery," said Don Stewart, a spokesman for Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, pointing out that the criticism was coming from across the ideological spectrum.

The Republicans must be insane thinking this will work. Conservatives have won on ideas and in general forced the liberals to bend to our side (see J. Kerry in the last election) and look foolish. Bill Frist is allowing this to happen to the GOP.

Frist has got to go, now.