Edwards
- Posted by ryan on January 8th, 2008 filed in Policy/Politics
In listening to the coverage of the New Hampshire primary, it strikes me as odd that no one is mentioning how the tight Obama-Clinton race is among non-Edwards voters. If we suspect that Edwards voters would tend to favor Obama, then one has to wonder how long he’s willing to stay in the race without winning any primaries. You have to feel like Obama would have run away with this had Edwards dropped out after Iowa.
January 8th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Evidence for your suspicion about Edwards supporters. He seems closer to Hillary on the issues, doesn’t he?
January 8th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
Which one? Certainly not on the war.
January 8th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
But you could be right. In which case, Hillary should be the one trying to get Edwards out. Although he just said he’s going the distance.
January 9th, 2008 at 12:13 am
I’ve worked it through… and after one foray I concede defeat. Issue by issue I reckon Hillary and Obama are closer to each other than either of them is to Edwards; and Edwards is closer to Obama than Hillary. So you are right!
But will it make a difference? Exciting!
January 9th, 2008 at 12:14 am
Crossed in the post!
January 9th, 2008 at 7:19 am
As John Kerry discovered to his dismay, Edwards has no loyalty whatsoever to anyone but himself. So why should he drop out? Either of the two frontrunners could do something which made voters turn away in droves - if he hasn’t dropped out, he’s there to pick up the pieces. Or he could arrive at the convention with enough delegates to extract something from the eventual winner. If he drops out, he’s the new Chris Dodd.