The Presidential Candidates as of today

Declared, or about to declare Democrats running for President [1]

Senator Hillary Clinton
Ex-Vice-President and Ex-Senator Albert Gore
Sen. Barack Hussein Obama
Ex-Senator John Edwards
The Reverend Al Sharpton (he's making noises)
Senator Joe Biden, Delaware
Gov. Bill Richardson, New Mexico
Senator Christopher Dodd, Connecticut
Ex-General Wesley Clark
Ex-Governor Mark Warner, Virginia

Democratic dropouts
Senator Evan Bayh, Indiana
Senator John Kerry, Massachusetts
Gov. Tom Vilsack, Iowa

Declared or about to declare Republicans running for President [2]

Governor Mike Huckabee, Arkansas
Ex-Governor Mitt Romney
Ex-Mayor Rudy Giuliani
Senator John McCain, Arizona
Sen. Sam Brownback, Kansas
Ex-Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich
Ex-Governor George Pataki, New York

Republican Dropouts
Sen. Chuck Hagel, Nebraska
Ex-Senator George Allen
Ex-Senator Rick Santorum
Mayor Michael Bloomberg (who, really, just floated a couple of trial balloons before bailing out)
William Hobert Blakley
Tommy G. Thompson

The Dingbat Party Presidential Candidates

Congressman and Ex-mayor Dennis J. Kucinich -
"Crusader" Ralph J. Nader - He's always a threat, but most folks have long since written him off as the dingbat who put George W. Bush into office in the first place, while acting as a spoiler in the ill-fated 200 Presidential election.

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[1] The list is actually much, much , longer: The following "Announced" candidates have formed or announced a Presidential exploratory committee with the Federal Election Commission or filed a statement of candidacy. "Potential" candidates have publicly expressed an interest in a Presidential campaign or their interest has been suggested by the media.

Democrats
Announced Laura Davis Aaron Democrat
Announced Roland Aranjo Democrat
Announced Warren Roderick Ashe Democrat
Announced George H. Ballard Democrat
Withdrawn Evan Bayh Democrat
Announced Joseph R. Biden Democrat
Announced Christina Gerasimos Billings-Elias Democrat
Announced Robert Edwin Boyer Democrat
Announced Ryan Joseph Brady Democrat
Announced Emperor Caesar Democrat
Announced Raymond Joseph Caplette Democrat
Announced Tommy C. Cardenas Democrat
Announced Willie Felix Carter Democrat
Potential Wesley K. Clark Democrat
Announced Hillary Rodham Clinton Democrat
Announced Randolph Wilson Crow Democrat
Announced Jack L Dietz Democrat
Announced Christopher J. Dodd Democrat
Announced John Reid Edwards Democrat
Announced Philip Epstein Democrat
Announced Gary Espinosa Democrat
Announced Richard Francis Flynn Democrat
Announced Michael Keith Forrester Democrat
Announced Danny M. Francis Democrat
Announced Dory Frank Democrat
Announced Wrendo Johnson P. Godwin Democrat
Potential Albert Gore Democrat
Announced Maurice Robert Gravel Democrat
Announced Gerald Lamar Hankins Democrat
Announced William Charles Hughes Democrat
Announced John Joseph Kennedy Democrat
Withdrawn John Forbes Kerry Democrat
Announced Karl Everett Krueger Democrat
Announced Dennis J. Kucinich Democrat
Announced Dal Anthony LaMagna Democrat
Announced Monroe Lee Democrat
Announced John Christopher Mason Democrat
Announced Orleans Victor Mcfoy Democrat
Announced Sherry Ann Meadows Democrat
Announced Lee L. Mercer Democrat
Announced Sal Mohamed Democrat
Announced Grover Cleveland Mullins Democrat
Announced Barack Hussein Obama Democrat
Announced Michel Anissa Powell Democrat
Potential James John Prattas Democrat
Announced Larry Keith Reed Democrat
Announced Bill Richardson Democrat
Potential Gary Rostad Democrat
Announced Barbara Ann Scaff Democrat
Announced Scott J. Sheldon Democrat
Announced Jeffrey Chapman Thomas Democrat
Withdrawn Tom Vilsack Democrat
Potential Mark R. Warner Democrat
Announced James Wellington Wright

[2] The list is actually much, much , longer: The following "Announced" candidates have formed or announced a Presidential exploratory committee with the Federal Election Commission or filed a statement of candidacy. "Potential" candidates have publicly expressed an interest in a Presidential campaign or their interest has been suggested by the media.

Republicans
Announced Virginia Algar Republican
Announced Michael Andrew Arterburn Republican
Announced George Brent Bailey Republican
Announced Daniel James Barnett Republican
Withdrawn William Hobert Blakley Republican
Announced Dewey R. Broughman Republican
Announced Samuel D. Brownback Republican
Announced Edward Allan Buck Republican
Announced John Lee Campbell Republican
Announced Anthony Lungo Carter Republican
Announced Eamon Patrick Clune Republican
Announced Hugh Cort Republican
Announced John H. Cox Republican
Announced Susan Gail Ducey Republican
Announced Lowell Jackson Fellure Republican
Announced Robert Leonard Forthan Republican
Announced David Ernst Furniss Republican
Announced Anthony Keith Gallagher Republican
Announced Anne Hart Geisler Republican
Announced Daniel A. Gilbert Republican
Withdrawn James S. Gilmore Republican
Potential Newton Leroy Gingrich Republican
Announced Rudolph W. Giuliani Republican
Announced Raymond Ferrill Green Republican
Potential Charles T. Hagel Republican
Announced Joe Honeychurch Republican
Announced Mildred T. Howard Republican
Announced Albert Howard Republican
Announced Michael D. Huckabee Republican
Announced Duncan L. Hunter Republican
Announced Alexander Michael Huton Republican
Announced Jerry Roland Johnson Republican
Announced Timothy Charles Kalemkarian Republican
Announced Mark Irwin Klein Republican
Announced Philip A. Kok Republican
Announced Yaphet Kotto Republican
Announced Alden Link Republican
Announced Elvena E. Lloyd-Duffie Republican
Announced Stephen D. Macmillan Republican
Announced Yehanna Joan Mary Malone Republican
Announced John Sidney McCain Republican
Announced Raymond Louis McKinney Republican
Announced James Creighton Mitchell Republican
Announced Robert Edward Moreau Republican
Announced Abdul (Kareem) Muhammad Republican
Announced Jesus Bilal Islam Allah Muhammed Republican
Announced Frederick Eugene Ogin Republican
Potential George E. Pataki Republican
Announced Ronald Ernest Paul Republican
Announced Rajesh Srinivasa Raghavan Republican
Announced Charles G. Railey Republican
Announced William Nathaniel Raven Republican
Announced Willard Mitt Romney Republican
Announced Launeil Neil Sanders Republican
Announced Marshall Samuel Sanders Republican
Announced Jack Shepard Republican
Announced Freddy Irwin Sitnick Republican
Announced Michael Charles Smith Republican
Announced Richard Michael Smith Republican
Announced Keith Robert Sprankle Republican
Announced Johns Wallace Stevenson Republican
Announced Tom Gerald Tancredo Republican
Announced Fred Dalton Thompson Republican
Withdrawn Tommy G. Thompson Republican
Announced Corrogan R. Vaughn Republican
Announced Charles Gordon Vick Republican
Announced Virgil L. R. Wiles Republican
Announced Marc Wolin Republican
Announced Vernon Edgar Wuensche Republican
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