He may emerge as some sort of compromise candidate after a few ballots as a sort of "let him tide us over" Pope, much like John XXIII.
And don't forget, there are more than a few Catholics who are still quite bitter over what John XXIII did during his five years of "tiding things over."
7 posted on 01/02/2005 2:08:48 PM PST by wagglebee
(Memo to sKerry: the only thing Bush F'ed up was your career)