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Bill Frist - No one outside of politics really knows that he’s the Senate Majority Leader, and that could be a problem. Frist is really brilliant, but many in the GOP leadership view him as weak.
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Jeb Bush - He’s popular in Florida, and that’s a big win on the electoral map. He’s fluent in Spanish, and he’s the smart brother. That’s all bad news for the Democrats. Jeb’s run for the White House could be made easier or harder depending on what the American people think of the Bush name in four years. He’s also on the record as saying he’s not running in 2008, but I’ll believe it when I see it.
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Bill Richardson - Most Democrats in the populace probably don’t realize that he’s the frontrunner for their party in 2008, but he is. The American people don’t know who he is, but the leaders in his party know who he is. In fact, he’s one of those leaders.
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Hillary Clinton - She has a lot of power inside the Democratic Party, and that’s bad for the Democrats. Bill governed from the middle, but Hill governs from the far left, and that will keep her from becoming the President.
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Howard Dean - He doesn’t hide that he’s a leftist like Kerry tried to do, but the American people didn’t hide that they were right-of-center in the most recent election. If Dean accepts the role as chairman of the DNC, he probably won’t be running for President in 2008.
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John McCain - The good news is that he is popular. The bad news is that he is old (born in 1936). Being a moderate is good news outside the GOP but bad news inside.