He’s never going to be President, and will never run again. More than likely he’ll run for Governor of NY next year. But I’ll add if you think he could’ve won the election over the False Messiah, you’re crazy. No credible poll showed him winning any state that McCain didn’t carry (in other words, he wouldn’t have carried a SINGLE state in the Northeast, let alone made any inroads elsewhere, and probably would’ve lost even more states).
A liberal Republican, and fairly open one at that, would’ve been a monumental and visceral turnoff to the Conservative base nationwide. He could’ve made promises galore and it wouldn’t have mattered. A pro-abort Catholic, pro illegals squish, thrice-married ? Yeah, that’d be about as popular with the GOP base as Jesse Helms in Harlem.
He may run for Governor, or even Senate—I think we’d both be happy with him in one of those roles. Pro-Abort? See my pervious comment. Pro illegal? Not so clear; certainly, he would have slowed illegal flow on national security grounds. Thrice married? So what. Reagan was married twice. And I’m not so sure that he won’t run for the top job again.