One rumor is the mayor of Chattanooga.
Ford is a very adept politician, but running in a strongly Red state.
I hope not. Frist was useless in dealing with the Dem's filibusters. He even let them go to the Iowa Caucus when he should have been holding their feet to the fire.
I expect Frist to go to the mattresses against the RAT onstructionists to prove his mettle to conservatives with an eye to 2008.
zach wamp
Ford is a fool... I'm amazed that they even let him on TV.
Former Rep. Ed Bryant has already said he is running to succeed frist. Bryant is a solid conservative who lost the '02 Senate primary to Sen. Lamar Alexander.
Senator Marsha Blackburn.
Who does the GOP have on deck to run in 2006...
Alan Keyes is available.
I hope Frist is a better doctor than he is Senate Majority Leader! But, again, he'd have to be, wouldn't he?
Reelectin ? Reelectin ? Oh...Southern version of Re-election. :-)
Whoever the Club for Growth endorses will get the nomination. Without the Club for Growth, we'd have RINO Senator-elects Mark Sanford and Kirk Humphries.
Frist has always said he'd serve a couple of terms and return to private life. He has no need for the money or the power that comes with politics. He had them both before his senatorial stint and he'll have them after.
Besides, I don't think he has the charisma to make it to the highest office.
Well, on the Republican side, ex-Congressman Ed Bryant is definitely in the race. Congressman Zach Wamp is also very likely to run, and Van Hillary is also a real possibility. Less likely, but still possible, is Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn.
Among the 'Rats, Congressman Harold Ford, Jr. is very likely to run, and the lamestream media will act as his personal cheerleading squad (just like Barak Obama). But if Ford deicdes it's not winnable, Governor Phil Bresden is a possible candidate. Congressmen Jim Cooper and Lincoln Davis can't be ruled out yet, either.
Zach Wamp would have been a perfect choice because he is a solid conservative. It would have also gotten him out of his promise not to serve more than 12 years in the House. I don't know how he will handle that next election. The Senate run was suppose to be his, but then that worm, Corker, showed up on the scene. Corker is a major RINO. He would be totally worthless. You might as well elect a Democrat. Corker is visiting churches again trying to convince the conservatives that he is one of "us." Don't buy the lie.
I say "Good Riddance"! He just let the American people down again by voting to remove Dr. Ron Paul's language from the omnibus spending bill to prohibit any funding for the MANDATORY "mental health screening" of ALL children!! Even Dr. Paul stated in his column that he felt Frist did this due to pressure from the DRUG companies which are NOT who he is supposed to be in Washington representing!