Senator John McCain of Arizona will be the Republican running for President in 2008.
He will win, if the Democratic Party puts up Hillary Clinton or any other Democrat that slightly appears weak on national security.
The ONLY Democrat in the pack right now that can beat John McCain is General Wes Clark.
Start now and support Wes Clark for President in 2008.
Many current polls have him as one of the leading candidates in the 2008 Republican primary, but McCain has not given a definitive answer as to whether or not he will pursue the nomination in 2008 as a Republican.
In the June 2005 edition of Men's Journal magazine, McCain said that he "absolutely" would like to be President of the United States, but has not yet decided whether or not he will run again in 2008. He indicated that he would probably not make a firm decision until 2007 about another run at the White House, citing family and Senate responsibilities. On an episode of the ladies television show The View, aired 8 November 2005, McCain remarked he would only make a decision after the 2006 mid-term elections, when he could be certain the mood of the American people was similar to his vision for America.
He will be 72 by the time the elections roll around in 2008, making him 3 years older than the oldest elected president Ronald Reagan, but he has dismissed concerns about his age and past health concerns, stating that his condition was "excellent."
Though popular both with the press and the nation as a whole, McCain has made an enemy of rank and file Republicans who vote in primaries because of his high profile defection with key items of the party platform. His compromise (some say surrender) with the liberal Democrats on judicial nominations and his willingness to break with party leadership has caused several conservative groups to strongly oppose his candidacy for the Republican nomination. To mitigate this, McCain has made recent inroads with local South Carolina politicians and with the Bush White House in general. He has made narrow policy splits with the Bush White House, but in general has made an effort to be supportive, both in the 2004 re-election campaign, and in the Iraq War. Most regard this is a potential step towards running for the presidency in 2008.