"I figure there's nowhere to go from here but down. So tonight, I'm announcing my retirement from the United States Senate." - Barack Obama
This can only increase specualtion that he's gearing up to run in 2008.
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Aaron Sarver is an independent audio producer and writer based in Chicago. His work has appeared in In These Times, The Chicago Reader, Alternet.org, and on Free Speech Radio News. For nearly three years he produced and co-hosted the radio program, Fire on the Prairie, which featured interviews with progressive writers and activists, and is archived at fireontheprairie.com.