Bullshit.
When Obama gave the keynote speech at the DNC in 2004, he put the whole country he was on notice to run in 2008.
More political amnesia!!!
Do you know how utterly STUPID you sound, making such a statement? How is Obama going to announce his candidacy during the 2004 DNC?
That, genius, would have equated to the Dems' bascially handing over the 2004 election to George Bush, which they certainly did NOT do. Obama certainly wouldn't have run for office in '08, had Kerry won in '04.
Obama's speech indicated that he had a bright political future. But, the consensus was that Hilary would be the "anointed one", in the event that Kerry didn't get the job done.
But, as stated earlier, after the 2004 election, the Dems were every bit in as much disarray as the GOP is now: Bickering, finger-pointing, lack of leadership, identity-crisis, the whole ball of wax.