Hillary jumps into the race.

Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., has announced that she is forming an exploratory committee for president, thereby launching a bid to become the first female chief executive of the United States.

"I'm in," she said on a Web site, hillaryclinton.com. "And I'm in to win.

This announcement is all over the cable news stations and the "internets".

I watched Hillary's announcement and it really did not blow me away. Of course neither did John Edwards. I actually thought that Barack Obama did the best job of announcing his intention to run, or "exploratory committee", or whatever.

The news media is caught in this trap of comparing Hillary and Obama, as if they are the only two Democrats running for office, which leaves Edwards, Vilsack, Richardson, Biden, Dodd, and Kucinich out in the cold. Which may be a very good thing for them.

I think that letting the media pick Obama and Clinton apart only serves to make the other candidates appear stronger in the eyes of the public.

My personal advice for my man John Edwards is to say that Obama would make a great President, and that Hillary would make a great President, and that he would make a great President. The field of Democratic candidates is a stellar and gifted group of individuals that the Democrats can all be proud of.

Say nothing negative about any other candidate. Stay positive at all times. Tell voters that they cannot go wrong voting for any Democrat for President. But then add they you sincerely hope that they will listen to what you stand for and find that that is what they are looking for in the next leader of this great nation. The time for sniping and negativitiy is over and it is time for cohesion and cooperation.

The Democrats need to remind the American people that all of the problems that we are facing right now are the result of the other parties mistakes and that the Democrats are offering a postive change. No matter which Democrat we choose.