However, in May 2005, several of Rice's associates claimed that she would be willing to run for the presidency if she were drafted into the race. On October 16, 2005, on NBC's Meet the Press, Rice again denied she would run for president in 2008. While she says she is flattered that many people want her to run, she says it is not what she wants to do with her life. Rice told "Fox News Sunday" host, Chris Wallace: "I'm quite certain that there are going to be really fine candidates for president from our party, and I'm looking forward to seeing them and perhaps supporting them." Interviewed on BBC television's "The Politics Show" on October 23, she again stated her decision not to run.