I think at this stage it is simply hard to see a Conservative like GWB getting the 2008 GOP nomination.
The party is wounded now, there will be lot of thinking and someone like Giuliani who has the appeal would be looking pretty good.
Rudy made commercials for Blackwell in Ohio when others wrote him off. Rudy campaigned all over the country, and was more welcome than the President, sad to say.
I hope he is our nominee. We have to win in 2008, or it will be 'Rats in total control.