According to the Hotline Blog, Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) is officially announcing today for President of the United States. It's only early 2007, but the 2008 race for President is really starting to heat up. Obama, Edwards, Clinton...who else do you think is a serious contender for the Democratic nomination in 2008? General Wesley Clark? New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson? Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack? Senator Joe Biden (D-DE)? Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT)? Anyone else?John Edwards for President!!!
The argument about time in the Senate doesnt play for Edwards supporters - your guy has nothing to brag about.
Every election cycle someone brings up experience. And every election cycle it doesn't matter.
Let's hope we can follow it up with another strong Dem showing this year in the Senate/House elections.
Has anyone considered that, if Bush boy gets his regional war sparking World War III (or IV, depending on which neocon you believe) that we may not end up having any election in 2008? I am sure Bush is tired of this job and would like to go AWOL as is his habt when mired in a mess of his own making, but I can't help but wonder if some clever lawyer like Scalio or Gonzales can't figure out a way for Bush to appoint his successor and sort of "postpone" a messy election because it would weaken us and embolden the terrorists.
He could replace Dick Cheney as VP with the person he wants to succeed him, but he isn't.
So, as I have said earlier, if we expect our reps to stand strong, we need to come clean and hold them accountable. If we get all wishy-washisng and get into win-at-any-cost mode, we either won't win, or get an empty victory.
I'm as delighted as the next person that the Congress changed hands, but it means nothing if we can't assure that a repeat of this awful mess in Iraq isn't repeated or expanded/protracted. Honestly, right now, I am skeptical that our own side will actually do the right thing about believing Bush now.
His statements are not believable. He has cried wolf too often. What evidence do we have that any of his, Cheney's or Condi's statements this week are true? They haven't been in the past. Zero credibility. Safely extract the troops. Our side of the aisle needs to get the troops safely out and then haul Bush & Co. in for hearings afterword for endangering our troops and our nation in this sad chapter in American history.
But challenging as they are, it's not the magnitude of our problems that concerns me the most. It's the smallness of our politics. America's faced big problems before. But today, our leaders in Washington seem incapable of working together in a practical, common sense way. Politics has become so bitter and partisan, so gummed up by money and influence, that we can't tackle the big problems that demand solutions.And that's what we have to change first.
We have to change our politics, and come together around our common interests and concerns as Americans.
This won't happen by itself. A change in our politics can only come from you; from people across our country who believe there's a better way and are willing to work for it.
Years ago, as a community organizer in Chicago, I learned that meaningful change always begins at the grassroots, and that engaged citizens working together can accomplish extraordinary things.
So even in the midst of the enormous challenges we face today, I have great faith and hope about the future - because I believe in you.