San Bernardino native for Prez?

There might be something weird going on in America, or at least the American media, when the new presidential administration is not even a week old and people are already projecting who may be the GOP standard bearer in 2012.

But it's kind of interesting to see a San Bernardino native figure in presidential prognosticatiions. The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder reports that San Gorgonio High School grad Dirk Kempthorne is already testing the waters for a 2012 campaign.

Kempthorne has served as Interior Secretary under former President George W. Bush, as well as governor of Idaho and a U.S. senator representing that state.

In other political news, President Barack Obama will have occupied the White House for a full week as of Tuesday, and will have 207 weeks to go before his term expires.