You could be right. I was actually thinking that Johnny Kerry might get the dem nomination. As bad and traitorous as he is, he did almost win against an incumbant in time of war. I'm fairly certain that those who voted for him the first time would do it again if they could.
Some of those who voted for Kerry were voting against Bush and had nothing to compell them to SUPPORT Kerry.
George W. Bush beat all of the "anybody but Bush" candidates combined.
The media pulled out all stops trying to defeat the Republican candidate last time (including heavy content on what the rest of the world had to say about our presidential election). There were biased poll results (even on election day), there were hoaxed news items, there was phoney outrage over abuse (which is what inspired the terrorists in Iraq, which increased the body count as foreign terrorists did the murdering that Iraqi soldiers wouldn't do). Just think what will happen when some new guy or girl (an unknown quantity to much of America) has to be introduced as the "front runner".
The media will certainly try to shape and mold just who that front runner is. McCain is their obvious choice. Having seen the racist cartoons they published of Condi Rice, they may mention her as a candidate but could fully be expected to savage her identity.