John Edwards Makes It Official, Accidentally

As expected, John Edwards is making a run for the Democratic nomination for president in 2008. He made it official today. It appears to have been an error that made his website go live today instead of coinciding with a photo op he is conducting in New Orleans tomorrow.

The North Carolina Democrat's campaign accidentally went live with his election Web site a day before an announcement Thursday that was supposed to use Hurricane-ravaged New Orleans as a backdrop.

The slip-up gave an unintended double-meaning to his campaign slogan on the John Edwards '08 Web site: "Tomorrow begins today."

Aides quickly shut down the errant Web site but could not contain news of the obvious, even in the shadows of former President Ford's death.

No surprise.