[Dog Gone]

It depends on who the Democrats nominate. Sure, Bayh would be a problem, but with the Moveon.org folks running the party, it's more likely that the Democrats will choose another leftie. If it's Hillary, I suspect most any stiff could beat her. She's poison.

There may not be an obvious GOP candidate today, but I don't remember anyone mentioning Dubya's name in 1997. We'll know more in a year or so.

[Southack]

Hillary's beatable, but would a "moderate" end up winning our own primaries (e.g. Giuliani, McCain)?

It's more than just who the Dems nominate...it's also who can win our own primaries.

I'm concerned that we're looking at stepping back from the Right in either of two ways: losing to a Dem moderate like Bayh, or winning with a moderate Pubbie like Giuliani or McCain.

None of the above are moves to the Right of President Bush. All of the above scenarios represent a leftward step.

[Carolinamom]

The author mistakenly refers to "two years more" of Bush's term in office. Who's the dummy?