By name-recognition only wouldnt John Kerry be just as much of a 'frontrunner' as Hube was in '76? Nobody, except those with serious delusions like the Senators themselves, thought Hube had any serious chance in '76 just as anyone should be able to realize that Kerry is going nowhere in '08.
Another candidate from 1976 was God, or Birch Bayh as we mortals call him, and his Son, Jerk's personal savior Evan Bayh, is the great hope of 2008.
If youre going to attempt to be a pundit, Jerk, you need to look alot deeper than the surface. But I dont expect a whole lot from the guy that believes Warren fucking Harding started the Great Depression AND World War Two with his bare hands.