why are teh wingnuts such 2012 weenies?

Indeed, at this same point in the ’08 cycle, these 17 candidates had either already declared their candidacy or formed an official committee to LEGALLY begin raising money: Biden (Jan. 7, 2007), Brownback (Jan. 20), Clinton (Jan. 20), Dodd (Jan. 11), Edwards (Dec. 28, 2006), Gilmore (Jan. 9), Giuliani (Nov. 20, 2006), Huckabee (Jan. 28), Hunter (Oct. 30, 2006), Kucinich (Dec. 12, 2006), McCain (Nov. 16), Obama (Feb. 10), Paul (Jan. 11), Richardson (Jan. 21), Romney (Jan. 3), Tancredo (Jan. 16), and Vilsack (Nov. 9, 2006). As a matter of fact, the first person to drop out of the race — Vilsack — would do so on Feb. 23.