I think we are screwed. We have good smart people, but that doesn't win any more. A candidate has to have raw Rock Star charisma to win, or at least more than his opponent. W was lucky to be running against Al Gore who rates a '0' because he didn't have a lot of that in 2000, though he does now.
We are gonna have to run against Hitlery in '08 and we are lacking in star power. Guilianni has some, Condoleeza Rice has some, but I'm not sure either or both could do it.
SO9
Or movie star fame.