Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana has announced he won’t be running for president in 2008.  I’m a little surprised since Bayh has been working hard over the last couple years to establish himself as a moderate voice in the Democratic field.  I’m guessing his decision was partly prompted by all the attention Barack Obama has been getting lately, but Obama hasn’t even announced whether or not he will run.

The way things stand now, I only see three people having a real shot at the Democratic nomination: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John Edwards.  Each has decent to excellent name recognition and the resources needed to win.  Clinton is obviously way ahead in the money race and has the best network of political operatives, but Obama and Edwards have the advantage of young, idealistic charisma that seems to be lacking in so many politicians these days.

We shouldn’t forget other Democrats who have expressed interest, but they’ll have a rough road ahead.  The other Democratic contenders left are: Kucinich, Kerry, Richardson, Clark, Vilsack, Biden, and Dodd.

A couple months ago, I had thought Warner and Bayh would be two of the last to drop out of the race.  Maybe they know something we don’t.

I don’t usually write about advertisements, but this one’s too good to ignore.

I’ve seen plenty of Web sites that try really hard to be “viral” advertisement for some product.  They usually have flash animations or games that are usually pretty poorly produced.

www.clearification.com centers around the random, hilarious musings of comedian Dimitri Martin.  It’s fairly basic - just a simple animated Dimitri rambling on.  It features a few videos and plugs Dimitri’s upcoming comedy tour.

The most interesting thing is that the whole site is really an ad for Windows Vista.  There’s a small, but noticable Vista logo at the bottom of the screen and Vista is featured in each of the video shorts.

Or maybe I just like it because I think Dimitri Martin is funny.