Republican #3

Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN) Senate Majority Leader
Frist has always been a loyal Republican soldier, and many believe that Vice-President Dick Cheney will either resign, be impeached, or die before his term is out, and Frist will be named as the replacement. A former doctor, Frist would be trusted to handle health care, an issue that the vast majority of the country trusts the democrats on. He would also follow the orders of Republican leaders, so there would be no chance of him going against his party. Frist is definitely running, as he is not seeking reelection in the senate these mid-term elections. The cons are that he is involved in an ethics investigation in which he illegally sold $119,000,000 of stocks in HCA, a family company, two weeks before the stock plummeted. This action saved him $20,000,000. Also, he is not the most likable personality, something that has always been essential to the election of Republican presidents.