Clarification of Question by
augusta-ga
on
06 Dec 2004 07:13 PST
Why didn't I just do a Google search before I asked this?
Here's what I got from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_2008
I'm going to make sure I send each of them a Christmas card every year
for the next 4 years.
* Lamar Alexander, U.S. senator from Tennessee and former governor
of Tennessee, former U.S. secretary of education and 1996 and 2000
nomination candidate
* George Allen, U.S. senator from Virginia and former Governor
* John Ashcroft, former U.S. attorney general and former governor
and U.S. senator from Missouri
* Haley Barbour, governor of Mississippi
* Sam Brownback, U.S. senator from Kansas
* Jeb Bush, governor of Florida (term limited, he will leave that
office in 2007) and brother of President George W. Bush. Has said he
will not seek the nomination [2]
(http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=173616&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312)
* Dick Cheney, vice president, former White House Chief of Staff,
secretary of defense and U.S. representative from Wyoming. Has said he
will not seek the nomination.
* Elizabeth Dole, U.S. senator from North Carolina
* Bob Ehrlich, governor of Maryland
* Ernie Fletcher, governor of Kentucky
* Steve Forbes, businessman (publishing), candidate for
nominations in 1996 and 2000
* Tommy Franks, retired Army general (Texas); commander of U.S.
forces in the Middle East until July 2003
* Bill Frist, Senate majority leader and U.S. senator from
Tennessee (not seeking re-election to the Senate in 2006.
* Alberto Gonzales, nominated to succeed to John Ashcroft as U.S.
attorney general
* Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York
* Kenny Guinn, governor of Nevada (term limited, he will leave
that office in 2007)
* Lindsey Graham, U.S. senator from South Carolina
* Chuck Hagel, U.S. senator from Nebraska
* Orrin Hatch, U.S. senator from Utah, 2000 nomination candidate
* Mike Huckabee, governor of Arkansas (term limited, he will leave
that office in 2007)
* Kay Bailey Hutchison, U.S. senator from Texas
* Alan Keyes, former ambassador to a United Nations agency;
three-time candidate for the United States Senate; two-time candidate
for the Republican nomination for president
* Jon Kyl, U.S. senator from Arizona
* John McCain, U.S. senator from Arizona and 2000 nomination candidate
* Bill Owens, governor of Colorado (term limited, he will leave
that office in 2007)
* George Pataki, governor of New York
* Ron Paul, U.S. representative from Texas
* Tim Pawlenty, governor of Minnesota
* Rick Perry, governor of Texas
* Colin Powell, U.S. Secretary of State (2001-2005), retired U.S.
Army general and former National Security Advisor and chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff. He has said he will never run for president.
(New York)
* Dan Quayle, former vice president and 2000 nomination candidate
and former U.S. senator and representative from Indiana
* Condoleezza Rice, U.S. secretary of state-designate, national
security advisor (2001-2005) (California)
* Tom Ridge, first U.S. secretary of homeland security and former
governor of Pennsylvania
* Mitt Romney, governor of Massachusetts. Has said he will not run
for president.
* Mark Sanford, governor of South Carolina
* Rick Santorum, U.S. senator from Pennsylvania
* Arnold Schwarzenegger, current governor of California (currently
unable to run due to his status as a naturalized citizen)
* Gordon Smith, U.S. senator from Oregon
* Tom Tancredo, U.S. Representative, Colorado
* Tommy Thompson, served as U.S. secretary of health and human
services and former governor of Wisconsin
* George Voinovich, U.S. senator from Ohio and former governor
* J.C. Watts, former U.S. representative from Oklahoma
