[mountainfolk]

Makes sense to me. However, I doubt that Rudy can do anything to make himself electable, his personal life history is too messy. McCain will be too old tho that won't be admitted. Since the democrats have floated heart bypass Bill Clinton as a rerun, I would say Cheney shouldn't be ruled out for heart reasons either. A Jeb Bush-Condi Rice ticket sounds good to me, tho I have no idea whether they are compatible and could work together as Condi now does with the Pres. No matter who the Republican candidates are, if something isn't done at the national level about voter fraud, this whole discussion could be academic.

[oceanview]

its the right that wants to disqualify Rudy over his "messy" divorce. Almost all men who divorce, have a girlfriend, let's not be naive about this. He could have been more discreet, but its kind of hard to do when the manhattan press is chasing you around the city with cameras, and when your soon to be ex-wife gets alot of media attention to trash talk you.