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I'm sort of bored and for no particular reason I was thinking about who could potentially be replacing our current president in 2008. I'm sure I'll leave out several potential candidates in my inital list, but here are who I think are the frontrunners for nomination....

Republican
George Allen (Senator, Virginia)
Jeb Bush (Governor, Florida)
Elizabeth Dole (Senator, North Carolina)
Rudy Giuliani (Former Mayor, New York City)
Charles Grassley (Senator, Iowa)
John McCain (Senator, Arizona)
George Pataki (Governor, New York)
Colin Powell (Former Sec. of State)
Mit Romney (Governor, Massachusettes)
Rick Santorum (Senator, Pennsylvania)
Condoleeza Rice (Secretary of State)

Democrat
Evan Bayh (Senator, Indiana)
Rod Blagojevich (Governor, Illinois)
Wes Clark (NATO Allied Commander)
Hillary Clinton (Senator, New York)
Howard Dean (Fromer Governor, Vermont)
Mike Easly (Governor, North Carolina)
John Edwards (Former Senator,North Carolina )
Al Gore (Former Vice President)
John Kerry (Seantor, Massachusettes)
Blanche Lincoln (Senator, Arkansas)
Barrack Obama (Senator, Illinois)
Nancy Pelosi (House of Rep., California)
Tom Vilsack (Governor, Iowa)
Mark Warner (Governor, Virginia)




The odds are that our next president is on one of those two lists. Personally, I would be on my way to Canada if it came down to Jeb Bush vs. Hillary Clinton, but unfortunately that seems the most likely at this early point. I'm really hoping to see Giuliani & Obama win the nominations, but Obama is a relative newcomer and going up against democratic powerhouses like Hillary Clinton, Al Gore & John Kerry might be too big of a mountain to overcome. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for him in 2012 though for sure!

Anyways, what are everyone's thoughts?