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Stay with me here in the Scenario:

Romney loses New Hampshire to McCain.  And then Michigan.  And South Carolina and then Florida to Gulliani.  Drops out.

McCain becomes front runner.  Gulliani wins Florida but the backlash against Gulliani pushes McCain higher still.

Then McCain does something really stupid.  I mean, McCain is the classic stupid is as stupid does guy.

This week on Meet the Press he said:

With regards to Osama Bin Laden McCain once again criticized President George W. Bush. When asked how we would catch Osama, the senator from Arizona said: “Well, first of all, I will dramatically—I wouldn’t have passed up some of the opportunities we passed up, such at, as at Tora Bora, and President Clinton passed up.  But most importantly, I’ll improve our human intelligence.”

Russert pushed him and asked:

If your advisers said to you, “Mr. President, this is where Osama bin Laden is.” “But understand, if we go in, we could very well destabilize Pakistan, perhaps bring about the overthrow of President Musharraf.” Would you trade Osama bin Laden for Musharraf as president?

McCain’s - very good answer: “I would, I would never have that situation arise, because Musharraf and I have an, a relationship that goes back a number of years.  I would be in constant communication with him, and I’m sure that maybe publicly or privately he would be working very closely.  That’s the benefit…”

He went on to say that - with regards to whether Musharraf isn’t surrounded by Taliban sympathizers - “I think there’s a real problem, part of it bred by us back when we cut off all relations with their military.  I think there’s a problem, and there’s a problem in their intelligence service.  But Musharraf himself, I think he’s a good man.  But I think he’s made mistakes, don’t get me wrong.” He added:

And we’ve got to have—move forward with these elections and have them free and fair.  But I can work with him.  He understands the threat to his country that the Taliban and al-Qaeda present.  I mean—and radical Islamic extremists.  He’s a very smart man.  He’d be one of the first to go. They’ve tried to kill him nine times, OK?  Nine times they’ve tried to kill Musharraf.  He’s not their favorite guy.  So I would be able to work with him, and, and, and I—as I have in the past.  So I don’t, I don’t see that scenario arising.”

This is one of the reasons that I think that he would generally make a good president, at least with regards to foreign policy issues. It’s unlikely that he will make any big mistakes that destabilize the region. He understands the region, he knows the people and he knows what work and what doesn’t.

OK, I get it.  It’s George Bush’s fault we don’t have Osama in chains.  If you’d been president we would have had him.  Right?  Boom a shot right in the foot.

That leaves who? 

I know Rob would like it would be Fred Thompson.  I would too if there were any evidence whatsoever that he is actually alive.  I don’t believe it.
From all outside appearances Fred is Dead.

So, get used to it.  Unless McCain can behave himself HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

We will have Gulliani or Huckabee.  Please someone show me where I’m wrong.  I don’t think it’s going to be Gullinai.  Placing a third of a voting block of evangelicals in play is a losing proposition for certain with or without Pat Robertson’s endorsement.

This is going to be dicey and Huck can only come out on top unless I’m missing something here.  Huck and Obama.  Rank amateur versus a guy who actually ran a state.  We can win this thing.