21 months and counting

election '08 is less than two years away, and it's already the top news story of recent days. obama and romney declaring, hillary and rudy gaining leads in polls, it's all very interesting. i don't really know where the race is going now, but it seems like there are several very un-electable personalities: obama, clinton, giuliani, mccain, bloomberg, romney... all of these people seem to have major obstacles which they will need to overcome in order to be elected president. but then again, maybe it always seems like the candidates are longshots in the beginning, and by the time they've won their party ticket, they've all apologized, conformed, and melded into this unrecognizable mold of a moderate liberal/conservative politician.