Always in season

The 2008 political campaign will begin immediately | Hugh Hewitt

Believe it or not, the 2008 presidential campaign is underway.

Within five months—the close of the first quarter of 2007—all or almost all serious would-be replacements for George Bush will have announced their candidacies and begun raising funds.

The first-tier candidates will have banked approximately $20 million—collected in $2,100 increments—by the first quarterly campaign reports. This is the first leg of the "money primary," and the failure to clear it will be the failure to establish seriousness.

Three figures will put those numbers up easily—Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and Mitt Romney.

Rudy Giuliani may also bank some early dollars in impressive numbers, as may Bill Frist, the retiring Senate majority leader.

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