Wes Clark is the last expected Democrat left who has not announced whether or not he’ll be running. But, according to reports in Hotline, he told a friend over Christmas he “would, without a doubt,” establish an exploratory committee. The article quotes a campaign adviser who more or less verifies the news, saying Clark is “leaning towards setting up an exploratory…” and finally, quotes a Democratic donor who says Clark has already begun making calls to party donors.

Well, if there was any doubt left, this past weekend Clark traveled to Nevada to do some campaigning there (man, that still feels strange including campaigning in NV as part of early campaign strategy for the Dems). And rumor has it he may announce this weekend, possibly at a DNC Winter Conference at which he is a speaker. So it looks safe to say that Wes Clark is indeed in the race for 2008.

That means, barring some extremely unexpected announcement (or Al Sharpton), the Dem field for 2008 has been completely set. And it is thus:

First Tier Candidates
Hillary Clinton
Barack Obama
John Edwards

Second Tier Candidates
Bill Richardson
Joe Biden
Wes Clark
Tom Vilsack

Third Tier Candidates
Chris Dodd
Dennis Kucinich
Mike Gravel

There is the complete list of the opposition. Ten aspiring hopefuls. Nine men and one woman who want to be the next President of the United States of America and govern from the left. It is our job to not let that happen, ladies and gentlemen.