Lots of names get thrown around in the MSM and here, but I'm NOT buying any of it! First of all, the last Senator to be elected president was JFK and his father BOUGHT him that election. He was also a LOUSY president, who was about to lose re-election, which is WHY he was in Texas ( even with LBJ as VEEP, he WAS going to lose Texas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ), when he was assassinated. Senators has THE worst track record, when it comes to being elected president; bar none!
This far out, way back in '98, nobody, NOBODY was talking about then Governor George W. Bush running for president in '00. The GOP was talking with him/grooming him and NOBODY knew.
Personally, I am making NO grand pronounciomentos/predictions on WHO it'll be, for us, come '08; just who is NOT. :-)
Well, that's the joy of living in the Internet age. The election cycle starts a lot earlier now. There were also no blogs back then to influence opinion and to get people name recognition.
Maybe it will be someone under the radar that we haven't even been thinking about.