Frist First? Come On Now

Ok, if you want to vote for power this makes sense. By any other measure it is just plain stupid.

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.

Sorry, I forgot these are Republicans here. Silly me.

Seriously though, don't these people have any sense of nation? Why back a partisan lacky who cares nothing about what is best for US, but only what is best for Bush and the Repugs?