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Hasn’t anyone mentioned the obvious candidate, Fred Thompson? He has the same Southern conservative credentials as Huckabee and Sanford plus more star power. It’s also easy to see him taking the VP slot if it was offered by Rudy, but not the other way around (Rudy is just not wired to be second fiddle, Thompson is more laid back and in reality has been more of a character actor rather than leading man in both his political and acting careers). It will be interesting to see how Thompson and Guliani interact during the campaign once Thompson finally gets in. Assuming (as I do) that there will be a spirited contest between them for the nomination that Rudy ultimately wins, offering the VP slot to Thompson could be the ultimate rapprochement between the GOP’s moderate and conservative wings – basically what happened in 1980 with Reagan and Bush 41, although with the moderate-conservative roles reversed.