I do not have much liking for Frist. He is part of the Belle Meade gang here in Nashville along with Alexander, Al Gore, and newly elected Governor Phil Bredesen. Frist hacked me off because many of his own family and friends financially backed the Democrat Bredesen over the conservative Republican, Van Hillery.
Frist's family started Hospital Corporation of America which has gobbled up most hospitals across America. He is too far left for me but probably fits waht Bush wants. The Bushes have always been attracted to the more moderate, big money Republicans. Frist is a good spokesperson and certainly won Bush's favor by leading the Republican Senate election campaign this year as well as selling the Bush message about bio-terrorism and smallpox.
"The Bushes have always been attracted to the more moderate, big money Republicans"
Yep, they're about as far away from the independent, principled, Reagan/Goldwater kind of Republicans as can be imagined. I do like Dubya considerably more than his dad x41 (one of the worst Presidents of the 20th century), but only because he seems a bit more removed from the eastern establishment, compromising Rinos. Time will tell.