Senator Lindsey Graham of S.C.
"Senator Lindsey Graham of S.C."
My thoughts:
Lindsey Graham of SC: Intesting, but NEEDS to get married first. (no further comment)
Rudy Guiliani: RINO, questions about personal morals (messy divorce, flaunting of mistresses). Might attract a third-party challenger on right, and allow Hillary to win with 40% of vote.
Chuck Hagel: Very good prospects. Conservative, but represents a change from neoconservative foreign policy (toward a Kissinger-style realism.) Would do well if Iraqi elections fail, and Iraq is still a mess in 2008.
Specter: are you joking? RINO, and also well into his 70s.
John McCain: good prospects, but age is an issue.
Mitt Romney: Very good prospects. Moderate, but not a RINO. Could mobilize Mormon voters in the primary (significant part of GOP base.) Very successful business career before becoming governor of MA, and could self-finance primary run. Good public speaker.
Condi Rice: No chance. Has never run a campaign. Fairly introverted personality. Large risk to put somebody on the ticket who has never even run for City Council.