Another e-mail:

In the spirit of your reader’s McCain/Jack Bauer conspiracy theory, I have another for you, one that also involves a potential ‘08 GOP nominee. As avid 24 fans will recall, Vice President Hal Gardner, who will be assuming the presidency now that Logan is gone, was said to be from Salt Lake City in the episode that introduced his character. Considering that Logan was a Republican, we can assume that his vice-president was also one, and that would make Gardner a Republican president from Utah, which is presumably code for Mormon. Now, judging from Gardner’s character this season, we can assume that this Mormon Republican president will end up being a strong, decisive, honorable POTUS, more in the mold of Palmer than Logan. As such, Season 6 of 24 will open in January of 2007 with two protagonists: a Mormon GOP president and a terrorist-fighter stranded in the Shanghai Hilton… Can anyone say, “McCain/Romney ‘08?”