Frist Leads Informal GOP Poll for '08

[deadparrot]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - With home-field advantage, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist placed first in an informal poll of 2008 presidential hopefuls at a Republican conference Saturday night.

The two-term Tennessee senator received 526 first-place votes, or 36.9 percent, in the Southern Republican Leadership Conference's "straw poll" sponsored by Hotline, a political digest. Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney finished second with 14.4 percent and Sen. George Allen (news, bio, voting record) of Virginia finished third, tied with President Bush — who cannot seek a third term.

The results were not a surprise and were unlikely to impact the still-evolving 2008 presidential field. Frist was the only potential candidate who aggressively recruited delegates.

Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record) of Arizona, among the most popular Republicans in national surveys, threw a wrench in the polling Friday night by asking delegates to vote for Bush as a show of support. He finished a distant fifth.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060312/ap_on_el_pr/republicans

[davidinalameda]

1. if I bussed in people, I could have won too

this means pretty much nothing

[femmocrat]

2. Let's hope for Frist-momentum!

How amusing that they did not follow McCain's recommendation to vote for W. Wonder what job McCain is really running for (wink, wink)!

[Roland99]

8. McCain would be 73 yrs old in his 1st year in office

I don't see him running.


Let Fristian run. He'll be DESTROYED!

[northofdenali]

15. I think he's running for the job of

Shrub ass-kissing right now.

Great name, femmocrat!

[stepnw1f]

3. Frist is Another Mindless Suit

A moron with lots of money and charisma of a snake salesman.

[Catherine Vincent]

4. I thought Rudy G was their #1 pick?

[WestHoustonDem]

5. Bring it on! n/t

[biscotti]

6. Why isn't Frist

in jail for insider trading?

This guy makes me want to take a shower every time I see him are hear his mealymouthed warbling.

[wisteria]

7. Seriously, Freist could be a strong opponent. He does appeal to

the base and the very religious right. Oh, and remember how he viewed that Terri Shavio tape and was able to make a diagnosis? I think we should consider him a worthy opponent.:evilgrin:

[Olney Blue]

9. You've got to be kidding.

[DavidDvorkin]

10. If I believed in God

I'd be praying to him right now to make Frist the GOP nominee.

[xultar]

11. YEA!!!!!!!

[AndyTiedye]

12. Hisss!

[biscotti]

13. You made me giggle!

Your kitty doesn't want Fristy near it. Smart cat.

[Coastie for Truth]

14. You should hear my Mom on Frist

Take a guess on her comments--

1. She is 94 and has gotten more opinionated as she has gotten older.
2. She is a retired OR nurse - and has the "normal" OR nurse opinion of surgeons.
3. Especially arrogant "high society surgeons."

[msgadget]

16. Home state advantage and McCain pulled his name...n/t

[fishwax]

17. what a touching display of support by John McCain

:eyes::rofl:

It's unpatriotic to think about elections when our president has so little public support, or what? :shrug::puke:

[IndianaGreen]

18. This is like mob convention

Who will be the new don?

[Ernesto]

19. Frist Leads Informal GOP Poll for '08

.....This prick "tied with" the chimp, in other words, the repukes really are out of touch.......
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - With home-field advantage, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist placed first in an informal poll of 2008 presidential hopefuls at a Republican conference Saturday night.
The two-term Tennessee senator received 526 first-place votes, or 36.9 percent, in the Southern Republican Leadership Conference's "straw poll" sponsored by Hotline, a political digest. Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney finished second with 14.4 percent and Sen. George Allen (news, bio, voting record) of Virginia finished third, tied with President Bush — who cannot seek a third term.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060312/ap_on_el_pr/republicans_15

[globalvillage]

20. This is cool.

http://www.veryfancyfrist.com/

[Maddy McCall]

21. GOOD. WE CAN EASILY BEAT HIM!`

[gristy]

22. I stumbled onto that on cable. Was it MSNBC?

Someone was interviewing two attendees who were saying that Frist was a likable guy. :puke: Hmmm, where have I heard that before.

[Norwood]

23. I hope he gets the Repuke nod!

We want Frist as the Repuke nominee as much as they want us to get Hillary

[saltpoint]

24. If he's ever elected president, it will be sheer hell to endure one of

his speeches. He is mercilessly dull. On any topic, Bill Frist could put a hyperactive chimpanzee into a coma.

My hunch is that many straw polls are not terribly reliable, and that, coupled with rumors that Frist "packed" the house in Memphis, suggests that he's not that many folks' favorite for 2008.

Butcher of cats. Yuck.

[Botany]

25. But if the SEC indicts him first .....

.... can he still be President? .... and that little thing about Day Traders working from his office.

Go for it pick Frist!

[alfredo]

26. What happened to Frist"s legal troubles? I could see a Frist/Allen

ticket, but I still see them very beatable. Frist is really creepy to the women I know.

[PurityOfEssence]

27. Oh please, PLEASE run this mortitian...

He's got less personality than the average napkin.

[momster]

28. If a pollster calls....

and asks who you would like to see atop the Republican ticket, restrain your democratic principles that might lead you to pick somebody you could stand. Tell them you want Frist because he's such a warm, friendly sort. (If you are taken with a coughing fit, just apologize to the nice pollster.) I'd love to see Frist think he has what it takes so we can then run our guy against the anti-kitty/pro-Schiavo past, the day-trading present, and the continuation of the fascist future. Oh, and ditto on the person who said Frist was boring -- he's got all the charisma of a bag of wet cement.

[Mark E. Smith]

29. McCain Is Going To Get Out Jesus'd

He's going to have to fall to his knees, talk in tongues and then fly around the room on angel's wings before the fundies will get behind him.

He won't get past South Carolina this time, either.

[leesa]

30. Time to dust off Frist's ethics violations. Also, how many millions did

HCA bilk the US government for? Let's see now. He owned blind trusts that weren't blind when he did legislative 'favors' for health care cooperatives and such, is that close? Sounds like he should be in the slammer with Duke.

[OKNancy]

31. Kick

[lovuian]

32. Republicans look to a future without Bush

http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/redir.php?jid=166f95b7a8aee43c&cat=c08dd24cec417021

MEMPHIS, Tennessee (Reuters) - Republican contenders for the White House walked a political tightrope at a weekend gathering of party activists -- expressing solidarity with President George W. Bush while stressing differences over issues such as deficits and big government.

While praising Bush's leadership, they condemned runaway government spending, rising debt and expanding bureaucracies -- which have grown under Bush and added to a flood of political difficulties that have sent his approval ratings plummeting.

"These last five years we've been hit with unexpected challenges -- a recession, 9/11, homeland security, the war on terror, Katrina. They've required action and investment," said Republican Senate Leader Bill Frist, one of a half-dozen 2008 White House hopefuls who addressed nearly 2,000 mostly conservative activists from 26 states at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference.

more...

Even they know his time is up...

[RubyDuby in GA]

33. They aren't the only ones looking forward to that! n/t

[Earth_First]

34. Fortunately these folks have a voting record which speaks differently...

That goes for you as well Mr/s. xxxx (D)

[PBass]

35. Young George Washington chopped down a cherry tree, and he could not

tell a lie.

Young Abraham Lincoln used to walk for miles in the snow, just to return his library books.

Young Bill Frist would round up stray cats and torture them. Hmm, that just doesn't have the same warm-fuzzy feeling as the Wahington and Lincoln tales.