possibly making excuses?

Frist Says Job Bad Spot to Seek Presidency
WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist says his high-profile job is a "terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible" post for seeking the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.

Making it clear that a White House bid is all but certain, Frist said in an interview with The Associated Press that remaining in the Senate would make a presidential run impossible. Frist plans to step down when his second term ends this year.
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Frist still faces political and possibly legal obstacles.

He is under investigation for possible insider trading by federal authorities following his sale last year of stock in the hospital chain HCA Inc., which his family founded. Frist has said he did nothing wrong.

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Personally, I would think that his legal problems would be a bigger obstacle to the presidency than his work in the Senate. But then, bush has proven that you don't have to obey the law to be president!

From Eschaton:

Fristed
My videotape diagnosis tells me that Frist's presidential campaign is brain dead and should have its feeding tube removed.

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