[muleskinner]

Bush/Rudy enjoy a comfy margin in the polls througout the election season and win 400-425 electoral votes...

Too many Bushes weird people out. Jeb will never be President. The 2008 election will be Rudy vs Hillary. Rudy wins that one solidly.

That combination would guarantee victory in '04 and Rudy would win in '08.

[habs4ever]

A POTUS has to be one thing, and one thing only....a leader.Many thought Jack Kemp could follow in Reagan's shadow, but Jack doesn't have it....neither does Condi.

Figure out the man/woman, them you figure out the leader.Temperment, character, good sense, wisdom and courage, are the things that count, not the minutia of policy pronouncements.It is no wonder that Senators can't cut it, hard as they try to think they are leadership material.It is the ones, like Bush, and Reagan, who have those core qualities plus the common touch, that are the best men for the job.I doubt anyone will know who that person is until...2008

[HitmanLV]

[Bush/Rudy] would guarantee victory in '04 and Rudy would win in '08.

I completely agree.