Edwards was my choice 1b to Obama's 1a. My thought was they were both good for working people, but Obama had the edge in getting new people involved. I am hopeful Edwards will be part of an Obama administration. On a side note...

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Edwards' wife has terminal cancer, why was he running in the first place? "Daddy, what were you doing while Mommy was dying?" "Uh, campaigning for president."

Edwards' wife has terminal cancer, why was he running in the first place? "Daddy, what were you doing while Mommy was dying?" "Uh, campaigning for president."

Don't look now but Hillary's bogus IQ test gas tax relief rhetoric is actually her floating Edwards as a running mate.

In the current environment you only say "sock it to the rich" if you're about to say, "and here's the man, Johdn Edwards".

She's demonstrated she lives in a lawyer's world and sense of reality. He's the only one she can "trust".

This race makes me wish I had terminal cancer. Too bad we can't swap diseases like corporate amerika can disease making.

What if?? An exercise in futility. The point is Edwards didn't have the support, electorally or financially. I say that as one who had him as number one preference. And the negative dynamics of this primary process were destined to go this way as long as anyone got between Hillary and her entitlement, and as long as we have the toxic media that we have. If Edwards were the front runner he would have received the kitchen sink too, instead of having a black preacher to hang around his neck he would have been lynched as a corrupt trial lawyer.That's Clinton politics.

Last night the Obama campaign reached 1.5 million donors, an historic first. 1.5 million contributors now own a piece of that campaign, a donor base of small contributors that can keep contributing. The Dem. party is in a life and death struggle about its values and identity. This was inevitable whether it was Obama or Edwards as front runner. We now are able to choose between a party that is complicit in neocon militarist disasters, a party and government owned by the multinationals, or a party and a government that has accountability to its citizens.

Right now we are moving inexorably toward an Obama nomination that will be close to being wrapped up here in Oregon, when Obama gets the majority of pledged delegates and the movement of the decreasing number of SDs puts him over the 2024 top.

The Clinton campaign has now decided to try to change the math with the "nuclear option" with an appeal all the way to the convention to try to change the rules. Somehow I don't think that will sell. We'll see a massive defection of her supers if she tries to pull that.

I personally have a guy feeling that Edwards people are more Obama people than Clinton people. I am sure the primary would have been over a long time ago if Edwards had stayed in but I have a feeling he would have just split the vote with people voting for Obama now. I think Hillary has always had Hillary people and she doesn't gain many by a candidate dropping out nor does she lose any to another candidate. It's just a gut feeling but I doubt we would be coming up on Edwards being a power broker. I think this thing would have been over on Super Tuesday had Edwards still been in the race.

Garrett: "I personally have a guy feeling that Edwards people are more Obama people than Clinton people. I am sure the primary would have been over a long time ago if Edwards had stayed in but I have a feeling he would have just split the vote with people voting for Obama now."

I think you are right in that sense, data suggests the majority of Edwards people have gone Obama, away from the corporatist neocon line of Clinton. The other side of that is that Edwards would have taken the "bitter" vote from Clinton, especially in the "rust belt" and Appalachian region and made it easier for Obama to claim victory earlier. So it's a bit complex when we talk about "what if?" In the end, useless speculation.

Yawn, BoJack rips off Trippi's article from last week.

If Edwards didn't drop out, people would be just as sick of him as they are of Obama and Clinton. And he still wouldn't have a real base of voters.

Edwards is even more of an elitist twit than Obama. He was toast and he knew it so he dropped out early. Middle America isn't going to elect some prig with $400 haircuts who lives in a mansion and talks about being a populist. He was just an arrogant, popous ass who extorted money from companies for a living and thought he was something special.

Edwards may have done the correct thing by dropping out when he because now he could be in an excellent position to be the VP to either Clinton or Obama. In fact, I wouldn't be suprised if Edwards was offered to be the running mate of the victor of this high-strung knock-down drag-out nomination the D's are putting forward. I do not think either Billary or Obama could stand or tolerate being the VP for the other knowing that the VP position was, technically, a 'runner up' prize for finishing 2nd.

I know this to be the case in my hometown area, and it's pretty representative of a lot of places in the south.

I think all of you Northerners have a little bit skewed version of how the South is. Sure there are racists...the same way there are racists here in the whitest city in the US. The white racist Democrats left the party a long time ago and are Republicans now...they wouldn't be voting for Obama or Hillary.

Edwards may have done the correct thing by dropping out when he because now he could be in an excellent position to be the VP to either Clinton or Obama.

I believe Edward's response when asked about this possibility was, "been there done that." I might have got that a little wrong but he said he wasn't interested. I think Attorney General might be a bit closer to what he would be offered and possibly willing to take.

Joel Dan Walls wrote:

Edwards' wife has terminal cancer, why was he running in the first place? "Daddy, what were you doing while Mommy was dying?" "Uh, campaigning for president."

This is the most offensive piece of bullshit I have every read on this site. As someone who has lived through a family member being diagnosed with and eventually die from cancer I learned a few things about this unfortunate disease.

I cannot imagine the heartache that it must have caused within the Edwards household but, I know that even with that feeling, there is inspiration in fighting against cancer. Elizabeth and John Edwards should be an example to families dealing with the disease that it is not a death sentence. Rather, it can be a challenge that gives many a new perspective.

You Joel (fake name?), on the other hand, are an asshole. Shame on you.

You all must be referring to the mysterious traveler...

Mysterious Traveler Entrances Town With Utopian Vision Of The Future

Should Edwards have stayed in?

Let's put it this way. Barack Obama has run an excellent campaign. He's now being dogged by a sensationalist media playing to the racist attitudes of large number of voters, as well as to the Republicans who want to see "chaos" in the Democratic Party.

If this country ever hopes to elect a black person, it had to know that there would be times like this. Relax, and look forward to the Obama Administration. It will come in January. And it will have been well deserved.

Kari...been so busy I nearly missed this post! Edwards was my guy and I was so disapponted when he withdrew. Now I support Obama; though I had not paid much attention to him prior to Edwards backing out. I like the fire in the belly I saw when Edwards spoke of corporate greed and lobbies. I hear more of that from Obama as time goes on; I hope truly he is committed to reform, and won't give up at the first opposition he faces. (And when I hear the same theme from Hillary, I simply don't believe her. From the folks who brought you NAFTA?. Not likely to get much reform from them.)

As to the question....my gut tells me that Edwards staying in would have further divided the party. Not to mention it being a shaming waste of money. I simply shudder when I think of the millions and millions of dollars spent on campaigns...and the true good that cash could have done if donated to some charity to help Americans in trouble.

My third eye also tells me that everything happens for a reason and that there is a place for John Edwards in the next administration, or somewhere in America's future. God I hope so. He is a Good Man.