Big surprise, huh? From her website, Hillary Clinton has announced that she is forming a Presidential exploratory committee. To be clear, this is not her “official” announcement, nor was Obama’s announcement on Tuesday. An exploratory committee allows candidates to start raising money and hiring staff for a run for President without forming a real committee. If they can’t raise much money, or want to back out, they can. I think we can safely say that Clinton and Obama aren’t going to back out, though.

In exactly two years, we will have a new President. For the first time in history, there’s a very real chance that it could be a woman or African-American.