He Can't Be Serious

Obama Forms Committee to Weigh 2008 Presidential Bid (Update3)

By Jay Newton-Small

Jan. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Senator Barack Obama, an Illinois Democrat who rose to prominence with his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention and has become one of the party's most sought-after speakers, said he's exploring a presidential bid.

``Running for the presidency is a profound decision -- a decision no one should make on the basis of media hype or personal ambition alone -- and so before I committed myself and my family to this race, I wanted to be sure that this was right for us and, more importantly, right for the country.'' Obama said in a statement on his Web site.

Obama, 45, the only black in the U.S. Senate, said he will reveal his decision whether to run Feb. 10 in Illinois. Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton of New York, who hasn't announced her plans, are the favored potential presidential candidates among Democrats in polls of party voters. Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson declined to comment.

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As Marcia Brady once exclaimed: "Boy, what an ego!"

The guy spends eight years in the Illinois state senate, wins a gimme Senate seat -- where he has been thus far unremarkable -- and he's suddenly presidential timber?

On the other hand, he is more qualified than Hillary. At least he didn't rely on an adulterous spouse for his advancement -- though Jack Ryan's alleged voyeuristic tendencies involving his ex-wife, conveniently made public by a California judge, certainly helped.

President Obama?

Puh-leeeze.