Monday, March 12, 2007

Monday, March 12, 2007 -- Presidential

Good Afternoon: Here is an updated list of the current field of presidential candidates for 2008. We will start with the challenging party, the Democrats, the we will move to the incumbent party, the Republicans.

Democrats:

Those who have either formed an exploratory committee or who has officialy filed papers with the FEC.

US Senator Joseph Biden of Delaware
US Senator Hillary Clinton of New York
US Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut
Former US Senator John Edwards of North Carolina
Former Alaska US Senator Mike Gravel currently from Virginia
Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio
US Senator Barack Obama of Illinois
Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico

Those who are still deciding

Former US Army General Wesley Clark of Arkansas
Reverand Al Sharpton of New York

Those who are not running or who have dropped out

US Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana
Governor Phil Bredesen of Tennessee
Former US Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota
Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean of Vermont
US Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin
Former Vice President Al Gore of Tennessee
US Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts
Governor Janet Napolitano of Arizona
US Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska
Governor Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania
Governor Brian Schweitzer of Montana
Former Governor Tom Vilsack of Iowa
Former Governor Mark Warner of Virginia

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Republicans:

Those who have formed an exploratory committee or who have officially filed with the FEC:

US Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas
Former Governor Jim Gilmore of Virginia
Former Mayor Rudolph Guiliani of New York City, New York
Former Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas
Congressman Duncan Hunter of California
US Senator John McCain of Arizona
Congressman Ron Paul of Texas
Former Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts
Congressman Tom Tancredo of Colorado
Former Governor Tommy Thompson of Wisconsin

Those who are still deciding

Former US House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia
US Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska
Former Governor George Pataki of New York
Radio Talk Show Host Michael Savage of California

Those who are not running or have dropped out

Former US Senator George Allen of Virginia
Governor Haley Barbour of Mississippi
Former Governor Jeb Bush of Florida
Vice President Richard "Dick" Cheney of Wyoming
Former US Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee
Former Governor Frank Keating of Oklahoma
Former Governor Bill Owens of Colorado
Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota
US Secretary of State Condoleeza "Condi" Rice of California
Governor Mark Sanford of South Carolina
Former US Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania

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