[montag813]

We can only hope that Rudy will not overestimate himself and run for President in 2008 instead of the Senate in 2006 (or for NY Governor).

As Dick Morris has said, Hillary does not need to run in 2006, and will likely drop out if faced with significant competition.

[joylyn]

Dick Morris kept saying that Hillary would not run in 2000, so what does he know? I'm far from thinking that Hillary is a genius, but she has a great (unpaid) pubicity machine in the MSM. She is also a lot more nimble verbally than Kerry, and look how close he came. I hate to say it, but I think McCain would be the strongest candidate against her in '08. His image is reassuring to the voters. (You have to know McCain to really dislike him, alas.)

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

The only person who could knock out The Witch next year is Rudy, and he wants the White House. I don't think Pataki could beat her as he's just as wooden as she is. If I were Karl Rove or Dubya, I'd be pushing Giuliani hard to go for her seat, because it would likely scare her out of running.

[TomGuy]

As Dick Morris has said

Morris is wrong on that one. She will run for the Senate again, because she is basically a shoe-in. And she needs that as the springboard for her Presidential run. To drop out with only 1 Senate term would put her in the 'inexperienced' category as John Edwards was (and will be when he tries to run again in 08).