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Ben Carson and Mike Huckabee are both planning to announce their presidential campaigns on May 5th, 2015.
I would not be surprised were a couple other GOPers to also announce on this day, which is going to be a Tuesday.
But why May 5th?
1.) Well, here is this day in history.
2.) And then there's Cinco de Mayo. As a sign of respect for the Latino community, this would be a good day to make a presidential announcement.
But there is one more reason:
3.) May 5th was the day that the search and rescue mission from the Oklahoma City Bombing was ended and there was the official memorial service.
So, May 5th offers a prospective presidential candidate an interesting historical background from which to launch a campaign, with cinco de mayo, an important date in the Oklahoma City Bombing tragedy, and a Tuesday that is 18 months (1.5 years) away from election day 2016.
Of course, this assumes that the campaigns have done some simple historical research.
I would not be surprised were a couple other GOPers to also announce on this day, which is going to be a Tuesday.
But why May 5th?
1.) Well, here is this day in history.
2.) And then there's Cinco de Mayo. As a sign of respect for the Latino community, this would be a good day to make a presidential announcement.
But there is one more reason:
3.) May 5th was the day that the search and rescue mission from the Oklahoma City Bombing was ended and there was the official memorial service.
So, May 5th offers a prospective presidential candidate an interesting historical background from which to launch a campaign, with cinco de mayo, an important date in the Oklahoma City Bombing tragedy, and a Tuesday that is 18 months (1.5 years) away from election day 2016.
Of course, this assumes that the campaigns have done some simple historical research.