The Beginning of the Year, the Beginning of the Journey!

Welcome to my newest blogging project, one that I hope will be interesting for you, informational for you, and also fun for you! The new year of 2007 has officially started which means that the presidential campaign for the 2008 election will soon begin in earnest...in fact there are already several candidates in the mix even as you are reading this. The purpose of this blog is to chronicle my personal journey through the exploration of candidates, the choosing of a primary candidate that I will actively get involved with, and the final selection of the candidates and election in November of 2008.

First of, a few things about me and what you will and won't see here. To clear the air first thing, I am a tried and true Democrat, so this blog will be exploring my vetting and selection of a Democratic candidate. I may at times talk about what is going on with the Republican side, but if you are looking for someone who is choosing amoung those folks, you might want to try a different place.

I am a 28 year old white male living in southern Wisconsin, where I have lived for about 7 months. Previously I lived in the state of Iowa for four years, where I spent time getting involved in local politics as well as volunteering for the Howard Dean campaign during the Iowa Caucuses of 2004. After Dean's defeat I went on to volunteer for the John Kerry campaign. I am married and have two young boys along with a 3 year old beagle. I work for a state university in Wisconsin. My wife is a stay at home mom right now, but previously was a high school English teacher. We own a home, are not veterans, attend church weekly, and shop at Wal Mart nearly 3 times a week!!! I consider myself to be a pretty typical middle class voter.

Politics is addicting for me and I someday hope to run for public office. In the meantime I spend my time researching candidates and issues and volunteering any little free time I do have for campaigns. This blog will be another healthy way to talk about all that is going on.

I will be optimistic and open minded about all of the candidates as I begin to review them. We will track announcements and potential entrance of all of the players. I will try to provide links to campaign information. I hope that some of you will be willing to comment and engage in dialogue about what is going on out there.

With that said, keep checking back as I get the site whipped into shape! Let's go blue in 2008!!