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To: gamesmistress who wrote (60074)	8/13/2004 10:25:44 AM
From: Andrew N. Cothran	Read Replies (2) of 793890

THE BANDWAGON & 2008: Here's some good news for President Bush: the LA Times reports that Arnold Schwarzenegger has changed his mind and "may" campaign for Bush outside of California. If he does, the local and national publicity Arnold will generate for Bush will literally blot out the sun - and that includes anything Kerry and Edwards do in the days leading up to the RNC. On the other coast, Jennifer Steinhauer has a piece in today's NY Times looking at Rudy Giuliani's contribution to the Bush campaign and his upcoming speech at the convention. The most interesting part of the article focuses on Giuliani's future political ambitions which - in addition to his being rumored as a possible replacement to Dick Cheney this year - includes a possible run at President in 2008. Giuliani has been all over the country doing favors for the GOP in the last three years. As Republican consultant Kieran Mahoney says in the Times article: "It is not always evident when you are going to make a withdrawal from the favor bank of politics, but it is always obvious when you are making a deposit." Rudy's account is bulging. It sounds crazy, but we could get a chance to see the Giuliani-Clinton match-up that was so eagerly anticipated in 2000 - except this time it could be for all the marbles. Lastly, I've been a bit surprised by the effort John McCain has put in on President Bush's behalf on the campaign trail recently. After all, supposedly the two men aren't that close, and McCain has repeatedly been a thorn in Bush's side during his first term. One thing McCain has never been accused of is being camera shy, and maybe that is what's behind this blitz. Or maybe he truly feels Bush is the right man for the job and America can't afford to have John Kerry in the White House. Or......maybe McCain is himself thinking ahead to 2008. He doesn't have a realistic chance of winning the White House as an Independent. But by campaigning so hard for Bush he might, like Giuliani, be able to win his way back into the good graces of - or at least become tolerable to- the conservative wing of the party and put himself in a position to win the GOP nomination in 2008.

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