[AmishDude]

Perhaps you're not seeing what is quite obvious to me. The right reverend Al is running for president. It is a laughable proposition. Frist meets with him, strokes his ego and lets him have a photo op after the meeting.

Al will get precisely zero (he only wants publicity anyway). Frist gets points for meeting with him. The Republicans give Al some small additional measure of legitimacy as well as a boost of confidence.

Anything that props up Al Sharpton as a power broker in the Democratic party is A-OK for Republicans.

[Deb]

Sharpton isn't running for president. He's running to get bought off by the Democrats to not run for president.

Assuming the Jesse Jackson starting position as the Democrat spoiler for the "black vote", Al is just waiting for his pay-day to not run.

It's an old con, but it works every four years.

[xm177e2]

Yes! The bigger the mess Al makes in the next Presidential primary, the better.

[lainie]

Okay. I'll mull that for awhile and see how it tastes later. The only thing I'm afraid of:

Al will get precisely zero (he only wants publicity anyway).

I hope you're right, but I fear he'll (they'll, she'll, whichever'll) get a lot.