The roster as of today

A handy little list of who's in and who's out, courtesy of yahoo.

Democrats
Officially announced (date of announcement)
• Former North Carolina Sen.
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• Retiring Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack (Nov. 30, 2006)
• Ohio Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (news, bio, voting record) (Dec. 12, 2006)
• Former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel (April 17, 2006)
Established exploratory committee (date of filing with the
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• None to date
Widely mentioned
• Delaware Sen. Joseph R. Biden (news, bio, voting record) Jr.
• Retired Gen.
Wesley Clark' name=c1> SEARCHNews News Photos Images Web' name=c3> Wesley Clark of Arkansas
• New York Sen.
Hillary Rodham Clinton' name=c1> SEARCHNews News Photos Images Web' name=c3> Hillary Rodham Clinton
• Connecticut Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (news, bio, voting record)
• Former Vice President
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• Massachusetts Sen.
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• Illinois Sen. Barack Obama
• New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson
Officially not running (date of announcement)
• Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner (Oct. 12, 2006)
• Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold (news, bio, voting record) (Nov. 11, 2006
• Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh (news, bio, voting record) (Dec. 15, 2006)
Republicans
Officially announced
• None to date
Established exploratory committee (date of filing with the Federal Election Commission)
• Attorney John H. Cox of Illinois (Feb. 13, 2006)
• Arizona Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record) (Nov. 16, 2006)
• Former New York City
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani' name=c1> SEARCHNews News Photos Images Web' name=c3> Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (Nov. 20, 2006)
• Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback (news, bio, voting record) (Dec. 1, 2006)
• Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy G. Thompson (Dec. 13, 2006)
• Former Virginia Gov. James S. Gilmore III (announced intention to form exploratory committee on Dec. 20, 2006)
Widely mentioned
• Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia
• Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel (news, bio, voting record)
• Retiring Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee
• California Rep. Duncan Hunter (news, bio, voting record)
• Retiring New York Gov. George E. Pataki
• Retiring Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney
• Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo
Officially not running (date of announcement)
• Retiring Tennessee Sen. Bill Frist (news, bio, voting record) (Nov. 29, 2006)


Umm, I thought Joe Biden had, unequivocally, entered the race?

Now, I like Biden because I'm a sucker for nerd boys. I love them and Biden is a foreign policy geek. No expensive suit can counteract that level of intelligence and breadth of knowledge.

However, I do not think he can win. He has limited name recognition, and this after decades in the Senate. And in case you haven't been paying attention: smart doesn't exactly sell in this country.

Biden is the guy a smart President hires, but he is not a President.

Vilsack? Kucinich? Get the heck outta here!

Dems? You better be listening. I will personally knock on the door of every colored person between here and Oakland if you nominate someone, nice though they may be, who doesn't stand a snowball's chance in hell of winning.