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Rick would be the strongest candidate from the Senate, IMHO. The "Senators don't win" canard doesn't hold much water with Hillary being the presumed 2008 nominee. Richardson is a bit rotund for the cameras in the modern era and Bayh is himself a Senator.

Ivan pointed out the gov. of SC. Very likely that some of the strongest candidates will be governors of mid to small states who are currently unknown.

Some people have touched on this, but I want to emphasize one point: Mitt Romney is Mormon.

What will hurt him on this count is not bigotry because I think anyone of any religious persuasion stands a better chance of being elected president than a Mormon. Every day will be media stories on some of the more . . . unusual . . . aspects of Mormonism. It'll be a tough sell.