And We Have Our First Darkhorse Entering the Starting Gate

Two days(!) after the midterm elections and we now have our first declared Democratic candidate for President. Gov. Tom Vilsack of Iowa announced his bid for the Presidency today and opened a campaign office and launched his website.

The first primary isn't for another 15 months, and this guy isn't exactly going to generate Obama like mania, still he'll run strong in Iowa. That is assuming he doesn't run out of money between now and then, I'm betting he doesn't have Hillary's war chest. So we'll see, he could be another Bill Clinton coming from relative obscurity, or he could end up pulling out of the race because he can't raise funds.