They "might" run for the presidency...that's as good as saying Kohl's just might have another sale!

Politics is an interesting sport...what a strategy.

After reading the New York Times article announcing that Senator Barack Obama might run for the presidency, along with other candidates, I couldn't help but wonder who devises these plans.

How can anyone who is considering running for the presidency make a public announcement, but still be "thinking" about it.

It's not hard to see that this is another political strategy that my novice political understanding could hardly figure out, except for the possibility of greater exposure with the anticipation of the big announcement committing their race to the media's attention.

One man, Gov. Tom Vilsack of Iowa, actually devised his plan to announce his running two years before the 2006 election. Was this a big mistake? Has his glory already fizzled out and mixed in somewhere with the election news?

Whether announced before this year’s elections or after, one would hope the presidential election would be based on more than media strategy...but I guess that's a hope older than my 23 years of understanding.