Thank you for the undeserved adulation.
I sure wish somebody would answer my three questions:
1. Who was the first politician, from either party, to announce the formation of an exploratory committee?
2. When (date) did this happen?
3. Got a link?
jeez...I thought those were rhetorical....LOL
I am thinking John Edwards was the first, but I am not sure..and I surely don’t know the date.
I will do some research, now that I know you really want an answer and get back with you.
dang...I didn’t know rewarding your post would make me do WORK...LOL j/k
I belive it was Senator John McCain. Here is the info I have found
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/06/AR2007020601598.html
Starting as early as last June, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was hiring staffers and consultants in New Hampshire and Iowa and building the foundation for his 2008 presidential bid at a time when those in early battleground states typically get a breather from national politics.
You may get more info here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2008#Timeline