The Pendragon's Hall

Fox News announced today that former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani is making his first steps towards a bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008. Giuliani joins Senator McCain, Senator Frist, Governor Romney of Massachussetts, Governor Huckabee of Arkansas and Governor Pataki of New York. It's like a meeting of the Mickey Mouse club. Huckabee's name rules him out, plus we've had experience with presidents from Arkansas before. John McCain should be elected president of the retirement home before he runs a country. Governor Pataki did not care enough about his party to help them out this year; he was out furthering his own ambitions instead. And Giuliani--well in a Hillary-Rudy contest, morals could be used either way. The Pendragon, while admitting he will be driven by the opposition to vote Republican no matter what, holds out hope that Governor Romney will get the nod: he's conservative enough to unite the base and keep most, if not all, southern states in the coalition--yet he's popular enough in "blue states" to perhaps take a few of them out of the Democrats column, or at least force them to waste precious resources campaigning to ensure they stay blue. With a conservative, southern Republican on the ticket as a vice-presidential candidate, he could be a formidable force nationally. Plus, a governor has some experience (lacking in a senator) of a presidential-type job. Romney for President in 2008!