I hope one of the others finds a way soon to get out in front of the American people with a solid message and a groundswell of support. The idea that I might have to vote for the likes of Guiliani, McCain or Pataki is nothing short of horrific.
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Don't worry too much about Guliani, his skeltons are prob. worse than Brenard Kerik. There was something VERY fishy about Rudy dropping out of the '00 Senate race against Hillary, something more than minor prostate surgery and his nutty soon-to-be-ex wife.
Pataki is and always has been an empty suit, a vapid, spineless, inept dolt, who has of late done everything except actually pull a Jeffords and switch party affilation. NY ranks dead last in economic freedom, its state (RINO) GOP is in shambles, and all Pataki can do is ban smoking, make worthless taxpayer-funded TV ads with his face plastered all over them, and try to solve every problem by propsoing more NY State gambling- OTB, scratch-offs, bingo, barroom slot-machines, etc. This guy is a morally bankrupt stooge who makes even Kerry seem decisive.
McCain will be an even older old fart in 08 than he is now, and I think he has had some serious health probelms already. BY 08 he will simnply be, or at least seem to be, too old to handle the job.
That's my take on the Three Stooges.
(Pataki is undoubtedly wet toast, but he's going to be hanging around the early primaries. He's the frontrunner among utterly boring, mostly liberal, moneyed NE Republicans.)