He and Powell showed up together a couple of weeks ago. Now that's a ticket no one could pass up. I hate them both, but most people love Powell and this respected retired statesman and general who is also a black man would be fine Presidential material. We'll see.
Powell already said a long time ago he will NOT run for president.
If the Republican Party puts up McCain-Guilani or Mccain-Powell, there is no way I will vote for them. And as far as I'm concerned it'll be the "death nail" for the party as well because I believe the loss of support from conseratives will be too much to overcome for either of those combos to win. The Republican party has become what the Democrat party used to be. It'll be time to start a new conservative party. In fact, it already is.
For me, a Reagan libertarian, it is a dream ticket...I have nothing against W, the decent man; but I have nothing but contempt for W, Cheney and their administration. Like his old man, who couldn't follow the Napoleanic axiom (when you set out to take Vienna, TAKE Vienna) in the 1st Gulf conflict, W is a screw up when it comes to directing war. He was warned repeatedly by people like McCain, and retired flag officers who knew how to win war, that the troop levels he, Dick and Rummy envisioned, were far too low to do the job correctly--and we have now more than 2,000 deaths to show for their mistake. I truly believe that the 250,000 more boots on the ground in the intital stages of war would have
1. prevented looting,
2. Led to the quicker capture of Saddam and deaths of his two sons;
3. Sealed the borders of Syria and other terrorist hosting nations (something that STILL isn't done);
4. Led to the capture of Al Zarkari and other Al Qieda groups.
5. Quickened the buildup of a strong Iraqi army that was faithful to an Iraqi constitution and,
6. Would quite probably, led to intelligence of the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden...