Ed Rendell Considering Moving Up Pennsylvania Primary

Please tell me that this means he's considering running for president. He's got the right personality for the job and used to be mayor of a major city (Philadelphia.) He's also the governor of one of our three major swing states. Finally, his state is adjacent to Ohio. Our best chance in 2008.

HARRISBURG - The late spring date for Pennsylvania's presidential primary effectively eliminates the fifth-biggest electoral state from the nominating process, Gov. Rendell said yesterday in announcing the formation of a task force to study the timing of the primary and other election issues.

Rendell, reviving a proposal that has cropped up often over the years but has failed to gain any traction, said he would like to move the state's presidential primary from late April to late January or early February.

"Pennsylvanians are deprived of their rightful place in the selection of a nominee because of the lateness of the primary," Rendell said at a news conference.