On the Republican side: Looks like Ron Paul is going for it. He released a letter announcing he's going to be taking a number of trips to major primary states in the next few weeks. The Texas Independent has the news, along with the information that in his letter, Paul "referred to himself as a 'major potential presidential candidate.'"

On the Democratic side: Everyone's favorite principled elf from Cleveland is about to take another shot at the impossible dream.

Rep. Dennis Kucinich hasn’t said whether he will run for president in 2012, but the liberal Ohio Democrat seems to be acting like a candidate with his recent crusade against President Barack Obama on Libya.

While any kind of a fracture in the Democratic primaries is problematic for President Obama, I whole-heartedly welcome another series of opportunities to bask in the beauty and wonder that is Elizabeth Kucinich. (As a reminder of the joy that she brings, here are the last two sentences from her Wikipedia entry: "She has her tongue pierced with a silver stud.[9] Like her husband she is a vegan.[7]")

(Both via First Read.)