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Fortunately, it is not my job to choose.

I would love to see Cheney or Gingrich run, with any number of possibilities as V.P. Neither will happen, though. The media will convince the sheeple that Cheney is on his last breath, and I don't believe Gingrich is electable.

I would think Powell would stand a pretty good chance. I honestly would prefer someone with a strong military background.

Wouldn't it be funny if it were Powell/Rice?

The left would implode.

If Hillary comes out as the candidate, we are going to have to have someone who is not extreme right.

Who knows. And you know what? WHOEVER the pubby candidate turns out to be, that is who I am voting for. And it is not blind partisanship that would make me do that. Anyone is better than a dem, and not voting at all is not an option for me. And like it or not, there is no point to voting a third party.

I like Cheney. But you're right, they would make an issue of his age and his health.

I like Gingrich and think that he is a possibility.

I like Rice, but some statements she made recently about Israel and the Phillistinians were not wise ones - from an accurate or a politically sage position.

I don't like Powell. I think he is a RINO. He's pro-choice, is anti-gun, and, I believe, support affirmative action. His military performance has been far from stellar. He performed miserably at the U.N. and in foreign policy efforts to "sell" our war against terror. The French, German and Russians really fooled him about their real intentions.

I like Alan Keyes, but he ran a poor campaign in Illinois and shouldn't have gotten involved there at all. I voted for him in the primary when he ran against Bush.

I also like Zell Miller, but his age and party are against him. Were he younger, a Miller/Rice or Rice/Miller team would be a dream team.

I like Tancredo - his views on the illegal invasion and immigration issues resonant with Americans of all political persuasions.

I heard that Allen and Pence are pretty good.

But whatever, if the Repubs pick McCain or Giuliani - they have lost - even if either one actually wins - which is most unlikely.

The Dems already have their candidate, whatever grandstanding Kerry or Edwards are doing - and we know who she is. The major media will try their best to either

a) give eligible good Republicans no coverage; or,

b) try to present them as negatively as possible.

They don't want the Repubs to do what they must - coalesce around an eligible candidate right now and start counterattacking Hillery.

Bush's ineptitude and truculence on issues like the budget and the border bode ill for 2006 and 2008. His budget problems are alienating the conservative base, and the border issues are alienating everybody.