The one useful possibility is that Christie will run even if Bushney is in it and will use the same strategy of lying low in the earlies, then Bushney and Christie go at each others throats.
If the conservative candidates could all take a lesson from the Reagan run and refrain from attacking each other perhaps the outcome would be more favorable. I am not optimistic on that score either. Bush has already tied up most of the available money and will use it in a storm of attack ads against whoever stands taller among the crowd of conservatives.
At this point I see no future for conservatives in the Washington Party. The Republican iteration of that party is realy the Bush Family Party now, anyway. Perhaps God will choose a different outcome, but I believe we have to truly hit bottom before that might happen.
I try to not let myself believe this kind of talk. But, I haven't yet convinced myself. :-(