Obama Running for President.

Originally Posted by DeltAlum

Guess he's made it official:

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2798401

Eh, he's just forming an exploratory committee. It's only quasi-official. He has said he will make an official decision on a run for the Presidency no later than Feb. 10. In the meantime, his announcement today probably pre-empted Hillary from announcing today (she cancelled a scheduled press conference that was supposed to be held this afternoon).

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by OTW

Eh, he's just forming an exploratory committee. It's only quasi-official. He has said he will make an official decision on a run for the Presidency no later than Feb. 10. In the meantime, his announcement today probably pre-empted Hillary from announcing today (she cancelled a scheduled press conference that was supposed to be held this afternoon).

Guess that's true. Reuters maybe got just a bit carried away in its copy.

"Jan 16, 2007 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois jumped into the 2008 White House race on Tuesday, promising to "change our politics" with a campaign that could make him the first black president in U.S. history.

On the other hand, my guess is that the exploratory committee will end up with his becoming a bonified candidate.

I still think it might be better for him to wait a term or two.

[moe.ron]

Looks like the smearing campaign using bigotry against Obama has begun. Sickening that somebody would use a religious believe of others to say that one should not vote for him:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20...ation/15158928

[jon1856]

Updated views from major Op-Ed and Editorial Cartoons:
http://cagle.com/news/ObamaObama/