WHO'LL DO THE LEAST DAMAGE?

If there was a landslide victory in last week's QuickPoll, the laurel would go to Rudy Giuliani as the candidate likelyto do the least damage (with 27% of the vote.) The poll, whichpurposely mixed Republicans and Democrats among the choices, tookin a record 729 responses and placed Mitt Romney in the Number Twospot (pulling 20%). Barack Obama garnered 14% of the vote, narrowlyshouldering past Hillary Clinton (13%) and Mike Huckabee (12%). Theonly single-digit candidate was John Edwards, who's 6% of the votecouldn't even overshadow the generic write-in "Someone Else," who,though anonymous, managed 9%. The results--or more accurately, thechoices--don't thrill Commentator Stephen Siegel, who, when notproviding political analysis, chairs global brokerage for CBRichard Ellis. Here's what a disenchanted Siegel has tosay:

"The saddest part of this election for me is that I don't haveanyone who jumps out at me or causes enthusiasm. Never have I beenthis unexcited. At one point, I thought Fred Thompson might be mycandidate, if he had jumped in sooner and more powerfully. And ofcourse he came in like tepid water in a bathtub.