President Condi Rice

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

And the NFC has won the NFL coin toss 10 years in a row.

But it seems unlikely it is going to come down to Mitt Romney and Bill Richardson. So if only a governor can get elected, which of these potential candidates are going to do it?

Tom Vilsack of Ohio (D)
Bill Richardson of New Mexico (D)
Mitt Romney of Massachusetts (R)
Mike Huckabee of Arkansas (R)

Those seem to be the leading candidates with governator experience but none of them scream "even remotely likely" to me.

I disagree. People vote for fresh alternatives to what they're sick of. By and large, they're sick of Iraq, sick of stories about spending, and sick of smugness and big personalities. Romney oozes smug, so he's out. Vilsack is too anonymous. McCain's been hanging around too long. The Republican nominee will be pleasant evangelical Mike Huckabee. If he can hold out until people are sick of listening to Hillary's unpleasant drone and Obama's unrelenting thoughtful graciousness, Richardson, the budget balancer, will be the Democrat nominee.

Winner: Richardson, because at the end of the day, enough people will be scared of whom Huckabee would appoint to the courts.