Republicans, then, need to put forth a candidate who can win.
Not McCain
Not Romney
Not Allen
Not Giuliani
Who?
Add to that list:
Not Huckabee [pro illegals, he loves them as must as GW does]
Not Gingrich [more baggage than a cargo plane and the Dems would bring up every aspect of it]
Not Frist [has continually failed to be able to corral his own party members in the Senate, so how can he corral problems and policies as President?]
Not Jeb [most of the nation has had enough of the Bush family and dynasty government; there should be other decent candidates --beyond families Clinton or Bush -- out of 250 million adults in this Nation.]
The GOP has allot of wannabes, but very, very few 'stand out' names at this stage.
Have faith - someone will come along. Someone conservative and electable.
I am a Texan, but W was not on my list of possibles in '98, so who knows who will show up?
Haley Barbour or Dick Armey, for starters. Both are strong conservatives with long recordsand name recognition, and both are publicly articulate.
Whether either will agree to run or not is another question. However, I understand Armey is going up to visit in Iowa for a while so maybe he is testing the waters.