I think Rudy might run for Governor. It'd work better for him too. The Governor's election is next year and no one thinks that Pataki will run again and that'd give him three years until '08 to get his ducks in a row. Further Senators don't win the Presidency.
Rudy and Condi, that'd be a hellava ticket.
Yes, but I don't think that Rudy would get the enthusiastic backing from Republicans that GWB has received. The highest and best thing for liberal to moderate Republican politicians to do is to fill the Senate seats from states that would never elect a truly conservative Republican. I'd gladly replace either Osama Mama Murray or Maria Can't-think-well with the most liberal RINO anybody decries here at FR!