I'm not disagreeing with you, I just don't get why.
I can understand Owens and Stanford getting lots of Buzz, very Conservative, popular Governors and all, and I can understand Rice, black woman conservative, so smart etc.
But I don't see why George Allen and Sam Brownbeck seem to get more Presidental Buzz then Frist.
I mean, it seems to me he has some unique strenghts too: Already high name ID with swing voters, a good bio, especiall the fact that he spends his free time deworming orphens in Africa, good looking, fairly well spoken, right on most of the issues people here care about, part of Bush's team without being under his wing too much A'la Al Gore and Clinton, etc.
Like I said, I understand that he's NOT getting much buzz, around here, what I don't understand is WHY.
Ironically, I think his position of leadership actually hurts him in this regard. When the Republicans are unable to get past Democratic filibusters, Frist takes a lot of the blame because he's the leader. I think he's perceived by many as being an ineffectual majority leader by many on FR.