[Paloma_55]

What a coincidence, neither will Homer Simpson.

Looks like we are doubly blessed!

[theDentist]

I don't recall anyone asking him to.

[Mo1]

He never had a chance

[Perdogg]

Sen. John McCain of Arizona - Nope
Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney - Nope
former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani -Nope
Sens. Sam Brownback of Kansas - Nope
Charles Hagel of Nebraska - Never
Gov. George Pataki of New York - Nope
Rep. Duncan Hunter of California.- Nope
Rep. Tancrado of Colorado - Not ready for prime time.

[what's up]

I don't understand Frist.

He doesn't seem the type to have an over-large ego.

He didn't do much at all as Senate leader.

Why the heck was the guy in politics?

[3AngelaD]

He was one of the most inept, incompetent and ineffective majority leaders in recent history, chose really bad advisors who were divorced from reality and is responsible for a lot of what happened in the election. He let the Dems run all over him. Part of the problem was that he had very little Senate experience when he was elected leader, and didn't know how the place operated. He was a huge contributor to the GOP losing the Senate. Give me Trent Lott, warts and all, any day.

[George W. Bush]

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.

None of these guys stands a chance either. Frist was smart enough to duck out.

[YaYa123]

Maybe Frist and Ford can go into business together....

[Bean Counter]

Smart move...

[TitanicMan2003]

Well, that's a relief.

Speaking for myself, I had high hopes for this guy when he took over as majority leader in 2002. But I've been underwhelmed with him, to say the least.

Now, can we get some decent candidates for president, please? I haven't found anybody I'm all that thrilled with.

MGY

[raj bhatia]

Where are our D-Student candidates? We will accept nothing more. Liberty, Equality and Mediocrity

[bobjam]

I believe the saying is that every Senator looks in the mirror and sees a President.

[muleskinner]

Frist flopped...Fails Republicans.

This only proves that politicians are smarter than heart surgeons, as he was a much better surgeon.

[kellynla]

I know he has said he is not running but besides Dick Cheney I don't see anyone out there that I could reeeeely get enthusiastic about in 2008...

[ASA Vet]

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 DNC/MSM preferred contenders for the Republican nomination

[Redcloak]

I'm deeply saddened.

[Cicero]

Actually, he seems like a nice guy. But he had no business in politics and did a really lousy job.

This is not exactly a big news story. But the real problem is, we don't have a decent Republican candidate. That has been glaringly obvious for the past six years, and the resolution isn't getting any clearer.

The story of the past six years has been which party could screw up worse, the spineless Republicans or the delusional Democrats. A race to the bottom.

Ugh. America has seldom needed a great leader more. Where the dickens is he? About the only solution I can see to this mess is a prayer campaign.

[isthisnickcool]

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

An announcement to announce that he's decided that he's going to make a formal announcement announcing that's he's not announcing his candidacy?

[stockstrader]

Now if we can just get Rudy and McCain to do the same--maybe we can find someone that the conservative base will support.

[NapkinUser]

I'm not a big Frist fan, but he was the moderate conservative alternative to John McCain and leftist Rudy Giuliani. So now it's all Romney's in that area.

I thought he quit the senate for the sole purpose of running.