November 2008

The recent million dollar question is who are the potential presidential candidates for the 2008 presidential elections? The election is over a year away and news agencies are already debating the strengths and weakness of potential candidates. I won’t get involved in the pros and cons of each potential candidate because party primaries are still months away and most of the names on the list won’t even make the cut for the respective party primaries. Here are the potential candidates in alphabetical order by party affiliation:

Officially Announced Democrats:

1. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York
   
2. Senator Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut
3. John Edwards, Former senator from North Carolina
4. Representative Dennis J. Kucinich of Ohio
5. Tom Vilsack, Former governor of Iowa

Democrats Establishing Exploratory Committees:

1. Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware
2. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois
3. Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico

Widely Mentioned Democrats:

1. Al Gore, Former vice president; from Tennessee
2. General Wesley Clark, retired NATO commander; from Arkansas

Officially Announced Republicans:

1. Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas

Republicans Establishing Exploratory Committees:

1. James S. Gilmore III, former governor of Virginia
2. Rudolph W. Giuliani, former mayor of New York
3. Senator John McCain of Arizona
4. Representative Ron Paul of Texas
5. Mitt Romney, Former governor of Massachusetts
6. Representative Tom Tancredo of Colorado
7. Tommy G. Thompson, Former governor of Wisconsin

Widely Mentioned Republicans:

1. Newt Gingrich, Former House speaker from Georgia
2. Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska
3. Mike Huckabee, Former governor of Arkansas
4. Representative Duncan Hunter of California
5. Governor Georgia E. Pataki of New York

For more information on each potential candidate, please click HERE to visit the New York Times.