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http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/article.php?id=LJS2005022401
http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/article.php?id=LJS2005022401
And so it begins anew: the quadrennial orgy that eventually results in the birth of a president. Over the decades the presidential gestation period has lengthened dramatically. While the "hidden campaign" to be the next president has always consumed the entire term of the incumbent, only in the past couple of elections has the full-blown public campaign stretched from the day after the last election to Election Day four years hence. Believe it or not, we are nearly four months into the 48 month 2008 campaign--and a mere 35 months away from the start of the primary nomination season...