Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Frist Will Not Seek Presidency In 2008
WCBSTV ^

Posted on 11/29/2006 8:38:05 AM PST by Sub-Driver

Frist Will Not Seek Presidency In 2008 CBS News Interactive: The 109th Congress CBS News: 2008 Republican Hopefuls

(AP) WASHINGTON Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist will not run for president in 2008, Republican officials said Wednesday, as the field of White House contenders continued to shrink more than a year before the first convention delegates are chosen.

Frist's formal announcement was expected later in the day.

His decision caps a 12-year stint in electoral politics in which he rose from an underdog in his 1994 Senate campaign to the position of majority leader a mere eight years later.

The decision by the Tennessee senator leaves Sen. John McCain of Arizona, Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani as the most nationally prominent contenders for the Republican nomination.

Other potential GOP contenders include Sens. Sam Brownback of Kansas and Charles Hagel of Nebraska, Gov. George Pataki of New York and Rep. Duncan Hunter of California.

(Excerpt) Read more at wcbstv.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 109th; 2008; frist; mccain; tn2008
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-78 last
To: Sub-Driver

In other news, Billy Buckner will not seek to be named Red Sox Player of the Century...


61 posted on 11/29/2006 12:49:37 PM PST by dangus (Pope calls Islam violent; Millions of Moslems demonstrate)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Cicero
About the only solution I can see to this mess is a prayer campaign.

I'll be happy to join you in that endeavor! Lord, have mercy on us.

As for Frist, isn't he a doctor? Let's send him to Iraq so he can start really helping people who are in desperate need of medical care.

62 posted on 11/29/2006 7:02:30 PM PST by pray4liberty (School District horrors: http://totallyunjust.tripod.com)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 28 | View Replies]

To: Sub-Driver

DUH!


63 posted on 11/29/2006 7:03:32 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Defeat liberalism, its the right thing to do for America.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: snugs

All the frist critics on FR are disgusting and are lower than snails when compared to Bill Frist.


64 posted on 11/30/2006 8:27:31 AM PST by staytrue
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: pray4liberty
That remark is below the belt seeing as he often has done charity work in deprived areas of the world.
65 posted on 11/30/2006 8:29:02 AM PST by snugs ((An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 62 | View Replies]

To: Cicero
America has seldom needed a great leader more. Where the dickens is he?

We have great leaders. What we have not had is great followers. Have you ever watched a football team with a great QB and a great coach but the rest were lousy players ? It is not a pretty picture.

66 posted on 11/30/2006 8:30:08 AM PST by staytrue
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 28 | View Replies]

To: stockstrader
maybe we can find someone that the conservative base will support.

TANCREDO/BUCHANAN. THE DREAM TICKET.

67 posted on 11/30/2006 8:31:17 AM PST by staytrue
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies]

To: zerosix
Perhaps but the WH folk definitely did NOT care at all for Trent Lott. Guess they thought he was "too independent."

BOTTOM LINE: Democrats can have a "macacca" moment and get away with it, for Republicans, it is one strike and you are out. It is the unwritten rule of politics.

68 posted on 11/30/2006 8:33:46 AM PST by staytrue
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 39 | View Replies]

To: Extremely Extreme Extremist; Perdogg

TANCREDO/BUCHANAN.


69 posted on 11/30/2006 8:35:48 AM PST by staytrue
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 44 | View Replies]

To: Theodore R.
People are a lot more liberal than those on our forum care to admit.

WHO THE HELL ARE YOU TO SAY THAT. You are an f'n RINO.

TANCREDO WILL KICK A$$ IN 2008.

70 posted on 11/30/2006 8:37:27 AM PST by staytrue
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 51 | View Replies]

To: staytrue
We have great leaders. What we have not had is great followers.

True. But one mark of a great leader is to get people to follow him. Reagan managed that. The press worked against him 24/7, and tried to Watergate him with Iran/Contra, but it didn't work, because he reached out to people and persuaded them he was a good man.

It can be a fault of Democracies that they follow demagogues and populists to their ruin. After the death of Pericles, Athens followed Creon and Alcibiades, and as a result was destroyed by Sparta. It was the same Athens it was earlier, but it lacked another Pericles, someone who was both wise and persuasive.

71 posted on 11/30/2006 8:47:29 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 66 | View Replies]

To: Sooner1938
The ONLY Republican I would vote for right now as president is Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn. He's the ONLY Republican with principle, as far as I'm concerned.

You really think they'll let us have that choice? I don't. But he is the conservative darling, capable man, good speaker, no scandals. Funny how the real conservatives like Pence and Coburn get neglected here at FR any more in favor of who has kissed the king's ring most recently.

Well, maybe Dims in the majority will make conservatives (even Republicans) focus more on principles, performance and consistency. I hope so.
72 posted on 11/30/2006 9:44:33 AM PST by George W. Bush
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45 | View Replies]

To: staytrue
TANCREDO/BUCHANAN. THE DREAM TICKET.

Eek. The Dims could run Kennedy/Schumer and probably win.
73 posted on 11/30/2006 9:47:39 AM PST by George W. Bush
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 67 | View Replies]

To: kellynla

... besides Dick Cheney I don't see anyone out there that I could reeeeely get enthusiastic about in 2008...

&&
Condi? I know she keeps saying that she is not going to run, but I'll bet someone could convince her that her country needs her.


74 posted on 11/30/2006 5:34:04 PM PST by Bigg Red (Never trust Democrats with national security.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: Perdogg

Vice President Cheney. He won't run and he had been demonized by the press. But I like his style and conservatarian philosophy.


&&

I LOVE Cheney. I even named my cat after him.


75 posted on 11/30/2006 5:35:23 PM PST by Bigg Red (Never trust Democrats with national security.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 27 | View Replies]

To: snugs
That remark is below the belt seeing as he often has done charity work in deprived areas of the world.

It was not meant that way. We need him over there to see what is really going on.

76 posted on 11/30/2006 6:47:47 PM PST by pray4liberty (School District horrors: http://totallyunjust.tripod.com)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 65 | View Replies]

To: All

Well I wonder if Bill Frist will ever endorse McCain? I always thought it was McCain’s “Gang of 14” that took Frist out of the president race.


77 posted on 02/13/2008 1:06:18 PM PST by Sybeck1 (It's truly bad when your Savior in November is Judas Himself.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Perdogg

Gov. Mark Sanford - maybe.


78 posted on 02/13/2008 1:43:29 PM PST by rfp1234 (Phodopus campbelli: household ruler since July 2007.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-78 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson