It doesn't look like a Third Party candidate will emerge since Unity 08 collapsed. The ideal candidate will combine Barack Obama's idealistic charisma with John McCain's pragmatism. As for me, I'm casting my lot with McCain. According to Schoen, McCain is the closest moldel of what a presikdential campaign should be.
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