The announcement of candidates for the US presidency is big news. At the end of two terms it pits the ideologies of two parties firmly against each other, in the idealistic words of starry-eyed, or usually slightly more phased, members of the party elite. At the end of one term it gives the opposition the opportunity to embarrass the serving President, or to ride the wave of embarrassment provided by the recent mid terms.
The Republicans appeared to have taken the Democrats down a peg with their mid term victories. Certainly with fierce words they put the Democrats on the policy defensive. By rights, the announcement of their candidates for the 2012 Presidential elections should be huge news.
Except it hasn't been.
Last time round candidates started announcing way before this point. And some big fish had definitely declared themselves. However, this year people, and particularly potential front runner Mike Huckabee, alongside controversial candidate Sarah Palin, seem reluctant to declare themselves. In fact the only big news has been that there's no news.
For now I'll keep watching. But it's certainly notable that the GOP has not had a running start on the road to office, and that could taint the candidates campaigns.
Check out the coverage of all the speculation on the Huff Post
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