Here's some news that's not really news -- John McCain is running for president. We can finally stop all the speculation.CNN:
Setting aside any doubt, Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona announced Wednesday he would seek the presidential nomination.
McCain, who had a presidential exploratory committee, made the declaration on the "Late Show with David Letterman," taped earlier Wednesday.
"We are going to formally announce it in early April," John Weaver, a top adviser to McCain, told CNN.
Weaver said the time and location will be announced at a later date.
McCain, a top-tier candidate, has been a staunch supporter of Bush's deployment of 21,500 additional combat troops to Iraq.
Also on Wednesday, Tom Ridge endorsed McCain for the nomination. Ridge is a former governor of Pennsylvania and also is the former head of the Department of Homeland Security.
In related news, bears crap in the woods. The Tom Ridge story is interesting, though -- there's already talk of a McCain/Ridge ticket.
Of course, that's getting way ahead of news -- McCain may never get that far. A few days ago (Feb. 27), Dick Morris wrote an op-ed, titled McCain's Campaign Collapses, where he claims that McCain's machine crashed before it even got off the ground...
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