And they’re off …
Memorial Day marks the “official” start of the 2008 presidential campaign season. Fred Thompson, the long awaited GOP candidate, is launching his bid for ‘08 soon, and many candidates were working the early primary states this weekend. Senator Clinton was out honing her new stump speech in New Hampshire, with her husband, former president Bill Clinton, at her side. Barack Obama was also out tailoring a message of “trust in government” in New Hampshire before taking his message to Iowa later this week. In a recent survey conducted by the New York Times, democrats are generally confident of a victory in ‘08, but remain slightly nervous by possible lingering memories and experience issues. GOP voters, however, see lackluster choices in their party front-runners, noting “The Republicans need to get their spunk back.”