I think the comparison is a little unfair in one important way, though. Gandalf says that the ring will get harder to part with the longer someone has held it - Sam has it in his possession for a few hours, while Frodo has had it in his pocket for most of the last twenty years, and used it repeatedly. Which isn't to say I disagree with the central point; even on first contact, Frodo is probably inferior to Sam as a bearer, but he'd certainly be better able to ditch it the evening Bilbo gives it to him than after he's carried the wretched thing across Mordor.
(Also, I didn't fill in the poll; presumably that was stripey_cat:)
(Book) Frodo in fact gives the ring up voluntarily not once, but twice. Once to Gandalf (who chucks it in the fire), then a second time to Tom Bombadil (who puts it on and fails to disappear). Of course, he also offers to give it away both at the council and to Galadriel, but since he isn't asked to do so it's impossible to tell how easy he would find it to go through with.
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(Book) Frodo in fact gives the ring up voluntarily not once, but twice. Once to Gandalf (who chucks it in the fire), then a second time to Tom Bombadil (who puts it on and fails to disappear). Of course, he also offers to give it away both at the council and to Galadriel, but since he isn't asked to do so it's impossible to tell how easy he would find it to go through with.