Forget George Allen

If his idea of an explanation is as lame as his aide's, this is not going to go away soon. He may have handed Webb the election.

He's never impressed me as much of a leader. More like an affable dork. Giuliani and Romney have proven their ability as executives. McCain thinks he's a leader because he takes "courageous" stands that end up hurting his party. I agree with him on cutting pork, but not on campaign finance reform. We know he can compromise, but we've never seen him as an executive. He can be stubborn and temperamental, but he's not very persuasive trying to inspire followers. That's also Bush's main failing. He gets tongue-tied and doesn't like engaging his critics. I can't really see anybody else on the Republican side. The Dems' choices are uniformly disastrous. The closes they've got to executive experience is Hillary! and Howard Dean. Does anybody really want Bill Clinton back in the White House?