I had high hopes for Allen, but the Maccaca incident and the Jewish ancestry tempest in a teacup shows he isn't ready for prime-time yet. I was thinking more of Mississippi's Barbour. He did a bang-up job with Katrina and provided such a contrast to the incompetence in Louisiana.
Barbour sounds like a good man. Fortunately, it's an eternity (in political years) between now and the '08 campaign. A lot will depend on what happens this November.