Rudy has ridden the 9/11 train pretty far, but I agree that it's not going to take him to the White House (as things stand now). It's strange that his actions in the last few weeks before he left office have come to dominate his media persona.

I think any Republican is going to have a really tough time winning the Presidency in 2008. The liberal and moderate parts of the party have been decimated since ~ 1980, and the "conservatives" have made such a mess of things that it would be very difficult for them to overcome the bias against them in the electorate at large. A sensible Democrat should win by a large margin.

But, <begin mantra> it depends on who the other candidates are </mantra>.

Cheers,
Scott.