Re: The 2008 Campaign has begun
Good list in the original post. A few points: First, I have it on good authority from a second-hand source (but a pretty good one) that Gore will not run in 2008. Second, the likelihood of Obama winning the Dem nomination is much higher than most people currently realize.
And third, I think McCain will be very, very tough to beat on the Republican side of things, since it's pretty clear that 2008 will be, as most prez elections are, about who can best market themsleves to the ideological middle of the electorate. People also for some reason perceive him as independent of the political disaster that the GOP has become over the last year. Unfortunately, McCain stated last month that he planned to commit suicide if the Dems won the Senate, so I guess we can scratch him off the list after all.
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