I fully expect the Republicans to decline to contest the 2008 election. No self-respecting person wants to put him/her-self through the trial, tribulation, and torment of George Bush's job. He's the most hated man on earth and the only guy with the backbone to ensure the freedom of a nation replete with ungrateful slobs who undermine his every move against our mortal enemies and blame him for every petty or contrived calamity that befalls us.