i'm here and i have GREAT news! it comes in the form of 2 polls - excerpted below:

"A new Zogby poll of 2008 presidential contenders shows Hillary Clinton in a strong position and Al Gore with a "surprising" base of support. The Zogby poll, commissioned by WhatsNext Communications and conducted Feb. 14 to 17, indicates that Clinton enjoys support among a wide swath of likely voters. The poll indicates that Gore still has a persistent base of support. (Can someone say, "name recognition?"). Margin of error: 5.3 percent.

If the election were held today (and not, you know, almost four years from today), Clinton would take 32 percent, followed by John Kerry at 16 percent and Gore at 15 percent. John Edwards gets 9 percent, Howard Dean captures 7 percent (even though he's committed not to run), Bill Richardson scores 5 percent, Wesley Clark and Evan Bayh are tied with 3 percent each. Russ Feingold, who has said he's exploring an '08 bid, pulls just 1 percent. Fourteen percent of respondents are undecided."

and if that doesn't put a big enough grin on your face, or you're still caught up on the whole "hillary is a woman thing" chomp on this bit for a while:

"POLL SHOWS VAST MAJORITY WOULD ELECT A FEMALE PRESIDENT: A nationwide poll of U.S. voters shows 81 percent would vote for a woman to serve in the White House, with 62 percent saying the country is prepared to elect its first female president as early as 2008. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=azHBX4y0UQn4&refer=us "

today is a great day in america.