Daily: Social Democratic could field Spidla or Buzkova as presidential candidates

The Czech newspaper Mlada Fronta Dnes has reported that the Social Democratic Party could potentially field European Commissioner Vladimir Spidla as a presidential candidate in 2008. Michal Hasek, head of his party's deputies group, told the daily that the former prime minister - who led his party to victory in 2002 - "should be" considered. Other names reportedly being discussed include lawyer and former education minister Petra Buzkova, and former supreme state attorney Marie Benesova. Any candidate the Social Democrats field will face the current president, Vaclav Klaus, who has already announced his intention to seek a second term.