Power Line offers this food for thought in a post on the viability of Bill Frist as a presidential candidate.
Energy independence is not just a desirable economic goal, it is a national security mandate. Hundreds of millions of dollars are needlessly being poured into the coffers of terror-supporting states because the Democratic Party blocks every effort to develop our own energy resources.
Like all Senators, he talks a good game and I even like what he has to say. But he hasn't done squat in the Senate... and he's working with a majority there. If he can't get anything done in the Senate as a Senator, what makes anyone think he'll get anything done as President?
Actions speak, and from what I've seen he's got no actions to speak of. Pretty sad.
Senators make very bad Presidential candidates. They get too used to playing the game there and making deals. The Senate is never about sticking to your guns under pressure and all about - giving someone something so they'll give you something in return. It doesn't translate well into leadership.
Posted by: Teresa | August 30, 2006 at 11:12 PM
History bears you out, I think. The last senator to win the presidency was John F. Kennedy and that was 1960.
On the subject of this senator, I don't have any particular quarrel with Frist, and I think he may be something of a stealth Senate leader. He seems not to accomplish anything, but he did get some judicial nominees through, and the Supreme Court is in pretty good shape now. That's a big deal.
Too soon for me to make a judgement, but if I had to choose between Frist and McCain, I'd pick Frist.
Posted by: Tom Bowler | August 31, 2006 at 06:32 AM