[camle]

in 2008 you are correct - the republicans have absolutele no one in the wings to take over when mini-me retires. the Hildebreast will run and trounce the republicans like no one's business, unless they start publicly grooming a successor.

[Jim Noble]

unless they start publicly grooming a successor.

Leaders lead, they don't get groomed.

Groomed successor=loser.

[Coop]

the republicans have absolutele no one in the wings to take over when mini-me retires

Nope, nobody at all! Except Bill Owens, George Allen, Condoleeza Rice, Rudy Giuliani, Jeb Bush, Dick Armey...

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

unless they start publicly grooming a successor.

Senators and sitting vice presidents are seldom elected. I think Abraham Lincoln was the last congressman to be elected.

The only way to groom a successor is to allow them to learn the ropes of electoral politics and of executive action. IOW, there are 50 governorships, and if any one of them has a good Republican executive you should consider that person to be "groomed" for the WH. Not that I'm in favor of dynasties, but the two Republican governors who have won election by the most votes in the past decade are both named Bush.

[Constitutional Patriot]

Yeah right. As if Hillary could win an election. Unfortunately for her, most people in this country (excluding highly ignorant, uninformed soccer mom types) hate her guts. The only people fawning over her are the aforementioned idiots and the Katie Courics in the media. I think the democrat vote-fraud machine would have to be in hyperwarp mode to get her the votes she needs outside of NY/LA/Chicago.

I think Hillary would be lucky to win another term as senator in NY if a moderately well known candidate ran against her.

I think that if Condi were to run against Hillary in 2008, Hillary would get burried.