Politics: Vice President presents with dyspnea and insanity...

What happens if something happens to Dick? None of us have really even been going over the scenario in our head at all, since, if Dick did have to leave his post for some reason, obviously whoever was appointed as the new Vice-President would be heir-apparent to the 2008 nomination.

Of course, the greatest asset the 2008 Republican candidate will have is a total lack of connection to the current administration, which--let's face it, kids--is going to be the greatest fiscal disaster in our lifetimes. So in many ways, I think potential '08 candidates would be best served by staying the hell away.

And what if Guiliani, Pataki, or John McCain were appointed? I don't think the South will vote for a pro-abortion candidate, period. If the Dems wanted to do anything to have a shot at winning the South, the easiest thing to do would be to help pave the way for these guys.

So who would get the nod? Frist is set to dominate Congress for the next four years, so he is with no lack of publicity. Romney seems like a natural choice. In a more remote scenario, if Condi were to replace Colin Powell as Secretary of State, would there be any chance Bush could bump her up to the VP slot? A Republican Black Woman running in 2008? Could she win the South? Hell, she might even be able to pick up some of the liberal vote, simply because she's a black woman. That would probably make me look twice at her.

I still think Condi looks like the scary black chick from the Darren Aronofsky movie Pi. Nobody has ever known what I was talking about though.