Oh, the suspense!

From my personal e-mail friend Barack Obama

"And that's why I wanted to tell you first that I'll be filing papers today to create a presidential exploratory committee. For the next several weeks, I am going to talk with people from around the country, listening and learning more about the challenges we face as a nation, the opportunities that lie before us, and the role that a presidential campaign might play in bringing our country together. And on February 10th, at the end of these decisions and in my home state of Illinois, I'll share my plans with my friends, neighbors and fellow Americans."

I wonder if the same focus group that determined Dubya needed to pretend to make a decision about Iraq for a month suggested this "okay, NOW I'm thinking about it" approach. Not the same thing, I know, but I have low tolerance for the disingenuous. And yes, that does mean it's a wonder I ever hear a politician finish a sentence without my blood pressure rising.