That's exactly my thinking. Nobody expects him to win. Just to show up at the primary debate. Maybe run peak oil commericals in Iowa and New Hampshire.

After all, Bartlett will be 82 in 2008, and I think that he oldest candidate on record was Bob Dole, who was 73 in 1996.

And the road to the White house starts right after the mid-term elections.
Maybe Bartlett's campaign slogan could be "Oil will peak before I do"