Frist: Done.
I'll give him half credit: earlier than anyone expected, Bill Frist announced he would not run for President in 2008.

He would have gotten full credit had he pulled out over a year ago, when wise men recognized his level of toxicity had surpassed even the tolerance of Bush voters:Frist's decision came after a series of politically damaging events, including an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission into allegations of insider trading for his sale of a large bloc of shares in HCA Inc., a hospital chain founded by his father and his brother. The sale was completed just weeks before the company issued an earnings estimate that failed to meet analysts' expectations, causing a drop in HCA's stock price.
Frist also has faced questions about his role on the board of a charitable foundation that paid consulting fees to some of his close political allies.
Earlier, Frist played a controversial role in the legislative drama over Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged Florida woman who died after her feeding tube was removed. Frist, a surgeon, publicly questioned her diagnosis after viewing a videotape of the woman, an act widely seen as a sop to religious conservatives. An autopsy later proved Frist wrong.
"Frist's career is over. We can quit referring to him as "contemplating a bid for the White House." He's done." (Oct 24, '05)See, even someone as bad as I am at predicting the future saw this one coming. A pity; he would have enriched the campaign (for Dems).
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Yeah, but with Diebold on his side, can you imagine if he DID become president? That's all we need...
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