IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY
More offensive than a mall decked out for Christmas in September, here comes the 2008 handicapping. There have a already been a few polls looking ahead to the nominations in 2008, so I slapped them into a spreadsheet to see who's got the early upper hand.

As new polls come out, I'll update (oh, I'm so ashamed). I call it the 2008 Nomination Barometer - because it isn't exactly a poll composite. You'll find a permalink to the right. The page will also tracked President Bush's job approval level.

As I'm sure you'd guess, the early numbers show a battle for the Republican nomination among Rudy Giuliani and John McCain. The Democrats could be a fight between Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and John Kerry.

We'll find out in 2007 who's actually going to run. This barometer should give some folks an idea whether they should try.