Please NAME the "plenty of good Republicans out there"... Ones who have a chance beyond the conservative base. Allen is out, Santorum is out, they can't even win in their home states. No one here wants Jeb Bush it seems. Some of the governors are fine on the local level, but not nationally and certainly not "telegenic" or dynamici enough in a very superficial era. We are left with the divisive Newt, Mitt Romney whom many of you attack on the basis of his religion, McCain (the brunt of more attacks here than anyone, even Hillary), and Rudy. Name someone else we can emerge in the brief time we have, please. We are all open at this point and willing to be realistically persuaded.
There are several governors and Senators who are sitting on the side right now. Just give it some time. There are plenty of alternatives to Rudy.