Too many toss out names of potential presidential candidates based on popularity, not based on ideology.
How many wanted one Colin Powell previous to '00 to run for the Presidency and were thankful when he resigned as SoS?
[Be careful what (whom) you wish for.]
OK here is my list of probables add to it
George Allen
Sam Brownback
John McCain
Mike Huckabee
Rick Santorum
Bill Frist
Harley Barbour
Rudy Gulinai
George Pataki
Newt Gingrich
on my wish list
Dick Cheney
Don Rumsfeld
Jeb Bush
Mike Pence
AS long as we keep hill out I am open. But ALLEN is mu man.