Four years ago today, the 2008 election season was in full throttle. The Democratic primaries had an early start, with John Edwards officially announcing his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in December 2006, Hillary Clinton following in January 2007 and Barack Obama declaring his intentions for the Oval Office in February. The Republican contenders entered the race soon after and were competing for the nomination in early 2007. John McCain, the last viable contender to formally announce his candidacy besides Fred Thompson, made a formal announcement on March 1, 2007. Lydia Saad noted the awkwardness of no Republican front-runner at this period before an election. Indeed, prospective candidates for the 2012 GOP nomination have expressed repugnance over the early season of 2008 and promised to skip early debates. Mike Huckabee, a prospective candidate currently leading in the polls, ominously declared “I’m not going to be there” (Hirschhorn).There are many reasons for the delayed announcements. Firstly, an official entrant needs to finance an organizational campaign with media advertising in order to be considered a viable candidate. A campaign costs tens of millions of dollars every month in a campaign; a late entry can save this expense and often make progress despite the disadvantage of late fundraising. Additionally, candidates seek to stay out of the limelight as long as possible to avoid scrutiny. ”The expectations are high and the pole position carries a lonely political target,” David Paul Kuhn says. The press, nowadays, is a negative outlet, and less negative coverage is reported on a low-profile candidate. Also, in a year of anti-establishment, the candidates don’t want to be seen as the establishment pick. An ea…
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