[Tallguy]

Lamar Alexander was never nominated by the Republican Party, much less elected President. In his case, the process "de-selected" him for higher office. In Clinton's case, the system failed.

[LoisHunt]

I've been reading here on FR that the Bush Whitehouse is pushing Alexander for the TN Senate candidate. Lamar! and his wife had so many scuzzy deals they made Clinton and Hillary look like very garden variety statehouse pol sweetheart dealers. But the big thing was how the media and the Republican establishment and the Democratic establishment wouldn't make a big deal of Alexander's business dealings that made him a rich man from investments he could never have gotten in on without being "sponsored." It wasn't until Steve Forbes made an issue of it that it made the news and had commentators like Don Imus calling Alexander a "crook."