First I saw a Kucinich 2008 bumper sticker in Chapel Hill last week, then yesterday I saw a Boxer 2008 bumper sticker in Durham. Given that neither one of them is a declared candidate and the election is more than three years away, it seemed a little strange. Turns out there are a bunch of websites selling these 2008 stickers for a wide range of progressive politicians. I guess it’s therapeutic for the aggrieved Democrat to start thinking about replacing Bush already.

One thing that was interesting is who they sell the bumper stickers for. Obviously the only people putting 2008 stickers on their cars now are liberal activist types. So the potential candidates on Irregulartimes.com, for example, are a mix of hopeless liberal protest candidates from 2004 (Kucinich, Al Sharpton, Carol Moseley Braun), prominent liberal non-candidates (Boxer, Barack Obama, Howard Dean, Nancy Pelosi), and establishment candidates who liberals tend to like (John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry). But Bill Richardson? Name one liberal in the entire country who is going to put a Bill Richardson 2008 sticker on their car right now. He’s too moderate for the liberals and too scandal-plagued for the moderates. I’m baffled as to who they think is going to buy that bumper sticker, let alone support Richardson whenruns for president.

Update 7/4: Yes, there are Republican bumper stickers too — here are links for George Allen and Bill Frist. It’s never too early to make an uninformed decision!