2008 Showtime
Let the show begin. The actors and actresses are coming out of their makeup trailers, all fluffed and buffed and attempting to get us to recognize their names. Some of the names we all know, too well I hate to say.
WASHINGTON — Many Americans are planning time off this summer to take a break at the beach, the lake or in the mountains. But for those with political ambitions in 2008, the summer of 2005 is no time for kicking back.
“There’s no question about it. Presidential campaigns are starting earlier, certainly a couple years before the election,” said Stu Rothenberg of the Rothenberg Political Report.
Don’t all campaigns start early like this? Fund raising, cross country trips, elegant speeches…it’s all part of the show.
Sometimes, potential presidential candidates get started as early as four years before. Last November, then-Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards was readying himself for life as a private citizen after he and presidential running mate John Kerry lost the 2004 election.
Seven months later, Edwards is looking very much like a man running for president. Last week, the former North Carolina senator spoke at the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow/PUSH annual convention in Chicago. Before that, in Iowa, he gave a campaign-like speech.
“We can create a symphony and that symphony can stir the soul of this country and we can end the injustice that’s poverty in America today!” Edwards told WOI-TV in Des Moines.
Oh puleeeze. Mr. Edwards. You would be better off getting a job as a real actor, doing one of those BRECK hair commercials.
Edwards is not alone. Democrats including New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, Joe Biden of Delaware and Kerry of Massachusetts, and Republicans like Sens. Bill Frist of Tennessee, John McCain of Arizona and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani have all spent considerable time outside their home states.
Oh cool. Looking at this list of potential candidates, I think we need more fish in the bowl here. Polls are showing Giuliani and Shillary are at the top of their parties’ list. Great. I guess Giuliani would be better than Hillary, but he is not that different than her. Sadly, many Democrats say they would vote for John McCain. Interesting. I don’t know a lot about Senator Bill Frist, except that he is a doctor by profession. No where is anyone mentioning MA Gov. Mitt Romney, but I am pretty sure he will make a run. Joe Biden is too slick and slimey. He won’t win.
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