Reply #10: I said Oct 30th in another post, but am rethinking based on new info

[Milo_Bloom]

I was under the impression that there was a major deadline on November 1st, but I am reading now that the first major deadline is November 5th (illinois), which in essence he COULD skip since Obama SHOULD win it handily.

In fact, I am going to change most of what I said in that other post to you (as far as dates go) and offer rationale...

The Presidential election is going to be held on November 4, 2008. He has stated over and over again that he felt the campaign window was too big. What type of statement could he make by announcing WITHIN the 1 year window of the general election. This would mean that he would probably announce between 11/4 and 11/12 (most likely ON the 5th, the filing date of the Ill, which as I said above, he could technically skip.)

So, based on that... My NEW drop dead date is 11/11 my personal prediction for announcement is 11/5.

After 11/11, I hate to say, if he hasn't announced, I will most likely abandon this entire crop of candidates retire from DU and look for a third party option. Its not only that I can't get excited about any of these people, but I believe most of them are fundamentally incorrect on the issues and are offering band-aid solutions that will only make the underlying problems worse in the long run. Kucinich is the only one really saying the things that need to be said, but unfortunately, he comes off to me as a petulant child and doesn't "convince" people he is correct, as much as berates them into believing he must be wrong. We need someone in the White House who will address underlying problems and find solutions to those problems by getting to the root of it. (e.g., you don't fix the health care system by bringing everyone into a fundamentally flawed system)