If McCain stepped out, would Powell step in?

[Karmadillo]

Not that McCain is necessarily toast at this point, but if he does go, would Powell step in as the Republican savior? From My Lai to mobile weapons labs, Powell has a ton of baggage, but the Republicans don't have a deep well of possibilities to draw from.

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History certainly does not provide us with attention-grabbing performances by those incumbent U.S. senators we sent to the White House.

What are we to do? I suppose you can vote for the best of the worse, and hope for the best; or stay home in November.

While I fear many may stay home in the fall, I don't recommend this strategy. It's our responsibility to participate in elections; otherwise, we encourage more leadership that is ineffective.

There may be hope, though. If the front-runners don't get the necessary delegates to win their respective nomination on the first ballot, I'd kick 'em all out and bring in Colin Powell. I think he's the only true leader out there now who can work the middle ground. You can't effectively govern from the fringes of either party.

This may well be dreaming, but a dark horse may be the answer to our present lack of proven leadership. Let's say someone like Powell emerges at the national convention as the peoples' choice to lead the nation, or maybe as the vice presidential choice on the Republican ticket. That may be enough for me to get solidly behind McCain, who at this point I categorize as the best of the worse.

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[billbuckhead]

1. Tom Ridge is the one you have to worry about

So goes Pennsylvania, Virginia and Ohio goes the election for Dems.

[TwilightGardener]

2. Nah, I think it will be Mittens. He has the cash to step back in and run.

[jackson_dem]

10. Agreed. He won more delegates while he was in than Huckabee has the whole time

Huckabee has only about 200. If McCain leaves, obviously, his substitute will get the lion's share of his delegates. Romney would also get back almost all of his old delegates.

[TwilightGardener]

3. If the war was going worse, I'd say Chuck Hagel--he has a book coming out next month, supposedly.

[Maven]

4. How would that even be possible?

[TwilightGardener]

5. McCain gives his delegates at the convention.

[book_worm]

6. Nope, from what I've heard Powell may even endorse Obama.

[ecstatic]

7. Powell would never do that to Obama. I don't think his wife would let him

either. He's been used and abused by the GOP for long enough.

[Thrill]

8. Bet this. They will try to get Bill Frist to run

[saltpoint]

9. Tom DeLay. Even now he huddles with his evil minions in a dark basement,

plotting his glorious comeback.

[madrchsod]

11. no...his wife won`t let him...