Here's A New Presidential Wannabe Worry: Overexposure

Strategists for some of the front-runners in the 2008 presidential race have a new worry-overexposure. "You can wear on voters," says one campaign adviser. The first caucuses and primaries, after all, aren't until next January.

But don't expect the candidates to pull back yet. The consensus is that the time for lying low won't come until after the next round of financial disclosure reports is released in April. They will show which campaigns have raised the most money, and those that lag badly in contributions will have a hard time being taken seriously.

The top contenders: Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama, and John Edwards; Republicans Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, and Mitt Romney. "We've got to ride the wave while we can," says one of the big-name presidential wannabes.

By Kenneth T. Walsh