In an editorial entitled, “The Frist Problem,” the Los Angeles Times writes, “The best thing a Senate majority leader with presidential aspirations can do is quit.”

While other Senate leaders like Bob Dole have quite the Senate to get away from the perception of being too obsessed with the details and minutiae of congress, Frist’s problem, according to the LAT is, “The longer he tries to run the Senate, the more he looks like a bungler whose only principle is personal advancement.”