Is Frist done for '08 ?!?

[MAS117]

Is Frist done for '08 ?!?

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

No.

[Smash255]

For winning the election?  Yes, but that has been the case.  For winning the primary? No

[J. J.]

I seriously doubt he was ever not done.  His stock might have gone up with the hard right/evangelicals, but I still have not seen any evidence that the deliver primaries.

Pat Robertson (despite early success) and Gary Bauer never ran strongly.  At best, Frist fades in Iowa.

[A18]

Frist never had a chance at the nomination. In the general, he could beat a far-left extremist like Evan Bayh, but not many other people.

[Smash255]

Frist never had a chance at the nomination. In the general, he could beat a far-left extremist like Evan Bayh, but not many other people.

Bayh would absolutley wipe the floor with Frist & eat him for lunch.  It would be a rather boring election that Frist would be demolished in

[A18]

No, Frist would win about 54-45, carrying about 44 states.

[Smash255]

No, Frist would win about 54-45, carrying about 44 states.

I nominate this for stupidest post award

[A18]

Well, Utah and DC could go either way, but my guess is they'd both be in the solid Frist column. Anyway, even if they do swing Bayh in some unlikely circumstance, that's still 42 states for Frist. So not far off.

[J. J.]

No, Frist would win about 54-45, carrying about 44 states.

I nominate this for stupidest post award

A18 is making a joke, obviously.  An a rather funny one too.  :-)

Frist probably helped himself, a bit, for the nomination, but not much.  He'll try running in 2008 as the "conservative" candidate.

[opebo]

Frist would be acceptable to the religious right, and therefore has very good prospects for the nomination in 2008.

[J. J.]

Frist would be acceptable to the religious right, and therefore has very good prospects for the nomination in 2008.

You mean like President Pat Robertson and President Gary Bauer, not to mention President Pat Buchannan?

[opebo]

Frist would be acceptable to the religious right, and therefore has very good prospects for the nomination in 2008.

You mean like President Pat Robertson and President Gary Bauer, not to mention President Pat Buchannan?

I said quite clearly 'acceptable to' - such as President George W. Bush.

[A18]

Those people were more acceptable to. They didn't win the nomination.

[MaC]

Frist never had a chance at the nomination. In the general, he could beat a far-left extremist like Evan Bayh, but not many other people.

Bayh would absolutley wipe the floor with Frist & eat him for lunch.  It would be a rather boring election that Frist would be demolished in

eww, why would Bayh eat something that's been wiped on the floor?  It'd be a boring election because both candidates are boring speakers.
That said, Bayh would probably win.

[opebo]

Those people were more acceptable to. They didn't win the nomination.

Those people were absolute nobodies.

[A18]

They were nobodies because no one voted for them. They did not receive no votes because they were nobodies.

[opebo]

They were nobodies because no one voted for them. They did not receive no votes because they were nobodies.

No, they had never held any elective office or had any important executive role in society whatsoever.

[A18]

What does that have to do with how acceptable they are to the religious?

[opebo]

What does that have to do with how acceptable they are to the religious?

Quite a lot, since there were other extreme religious social intolerants available to vote for who had executive experience, national standing, etc.

[minionofmidas]

Those people were more acceptable to. They didn't win the nomination.

"acceptable to", but not "of". Like Bush. Unlike Bauer. Someone "of" the hardcore religious right would not be acceptable to large swathes of the party's middle ground.

[A18]

Those people were more acceptable to. They didn't win the nomination.

"acceptable to", but not "of". Like Bush. Unlike Bauer. Someone "of" the hardcore religious right would not be acceptable to large swathes of the party's middle ground.

According to opedo, it's the Religious Party. The religious are all the matters.

[opebo]

Those people were more acceptable to. They didn't win the nomination.

"acceptable to", but not "of". Like Bush. Unlike Bauer. Someone "of" the hardcore religious right would not be acceptable to large swathes of the party's middle ground.

According to opedo, it's the Religious Party. The religious are all the matters.

Yes, in primaries they are the key.

[minionofmidas]

Those people were more acceptable to. They didn't win the nomination.

"acceptable to", but not "of". Like Bush. Unlike Bauer. Someone "of" the hardcore religious right would not be acceptable to large swathes of the party's middle ground.

According to opedo, it's the Religious Party. The religious are all the matters.

Sometimes. Not in the above quote.

[Democratic Hawk]

Too early to tell - but personally, I say Frist 'go for it' because he'll be a dream opponent for many Democrats

Dave