Tom Daschle is very close to throwing his hat in the ring for the Democratic presidential nomination.

"Mr. Daschle is to return to his home in South Dakota this weekend to review his decision one more time with friends and advisers, his associates said. But they said that over the last few days Mr. Daschle has expressed an increasingly strong desire to challenge Mr. Bush and has concluded that he needs to move quickly to catch up with Democratic rivals who have been lining up political supporters and financial backers for months. Mr. Daschle would announce a decision sometime over the next few weeks and immediately begin traveling to primary states, his associates said."

MSNBC is reporting that John Edwards is days away from a decision as well.

And here's a factoid from the MSNBC article: "No Democratic ticket has ever won the White House without a Southerner or a man associated with the South on it. The last three Democratic presidents, Lyndon Johnson of Texas, Jimmy Carter of Georgia and Bill Clinton of Arkansas, have been from the South."