a horserace
Yes it will be that, assuming both parties chose those candidates or someone else electable.
That fact seems to be lost on the more radical members of this community. Bush's lackluster performance has a lot to do with the mid terms and little to do with the 08 election.
Riddle me this, if this matchup happens and one of the candidates is beaten like a rented mule, which candidate is that more likely to be?