Post-Schiavo Political Fallout

USA Today looks at it. Bottom line: it's anybody's guess whether people will remember it in the 2006 elections or not.

But given that Bill Frist has embarrassed himself on medical matters more than a few times - an medicine is his field - one would hope voters would worry about Frist's capability as a president. I'd like to see him retired to... well... whatever it is he does besides grandstand. The man went to the tsunami struck countries for a photo op where this "man of healing" didn't lift a finger to help a sick or injured person, just stopped aid operations while people snapped his picture.

While a lot of people formed a negative impression of Howard Dean, see if you ever get an equivocal or dumb answer from the man on medicine. He took the time to learn medicine. And he doesn't change his medical opinion based on current popular political stances. These could be strong points in a man who also wants to be president, whereas Frist hasn't even gotten the medicine part right.