Who Does Frist Think He’s Fooling?

Here is how Bill Frist’s Senate website characterized his remarks on the Senate Floor today:

Frist Offers Proposal To End Judicial Nominations Impasse

Fortunately, the Associated Press wasn’t fooled:

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist refused to budge Thursday on his demand that Democrats forgo filibusters against all of President Bush’s past or present nominees to federal appellate court benches or the Supreme Court.

AP gets it exactly right. Frist’s proposal is completely irrelevant to the controversy. Frist offered to extend the length of debate to 100 hours on federal appellate judges in exchange for the elimination of the judicial filibuster. One problem: no one ever asked to extend the length of debate. Frist would have done just as well offering his opponents a shiny nickel.