Why not Drezner in 2008? It was a great two seconds….

So I’ve decided that, contrary to my earlier Shermanesque pledges forswearing elected office, I shall run for President in 2008. Drezner in 2008!!! Drez for Prez!! DREZ FOR PREZ!!! [DREZ FOR PREZ!!!-ed.] No, wait, I’ve changed my mind, I don’t think I can raise the money. Think this post is absurd? Consider this Des Moines ...

By , a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast.

So I've decided that, contrary to my earlier Shermanesque pledges forswearing elected office, I shall run for President in 2008. Drezner in 2008!!! Drez for Prez!! DREZ FOR PREZ!!! [DREZ FOR PREZ!!!-ed.] No, wait, I've changed my mind, I don't think I can raise the money. Think this post is absurd? Consider this Des Moines Register story by Thomas Beaumont: Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack withdrew as a candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination today, saying he could not raise enough money to compete with his nationally known rivals.... The Iowa polls were also a factor, he said. Vilsack said it had been difficult to tell potential donors "that you're not the prohibitive favorite in the caucus process." I haven't seen a presidential run this brief since Jimmy James had to withdraw in 1996. UPDATE: Will Dennis Kucinich survive this Kos assault? [Judging by this clip, I don't think Kucinich needed Kos to be sunk--ed.]

So I’ve decided that, contrary to my earlier Shermanesque pledges forswearing elected office, I shall run for President in 2008. Drezner in 2008!!! Drez for Prez!! DREZ FOR PREZ!!! [DREZ FOR PREZ!!!-ed.] No, wait, I’ve changed my mind, I don’t think I can raise the money. Think this post is absurd? Consider this Des Moines Register story by Thomas Beaumont:

Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack withdrew as a candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination today, saying he could not raise enough money to compete with his nationally known rivals…. The Iowa polls were also a factor, he said. Vilsack said it had been difficult to tell potential donors “that you’re not the prohibitive favorite in the caucus process.”

I haven’t seen a presidential run this brief since Jimmy James had to withdraw in 1996. UPDATE: Will Dennis Kucinich survive this Kos assault? [Judging by this clip, I don’t think Kucinich needed Kos to be sunk–ed.]

Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast. Twitter: @dandrezner

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