It's hard not to seem partisan when there's only two candidates. I am now effectively pro-Obama.
As the primary season headed toward Super Tuesday, and several of the big Southern states, Mr. Edwards was expected to draw a swath of white voters his way.
Edwards Is Dropping Out
By Julie Bosman
NEW ORLEANS — Democratic candidate John Edwards has decided to drop out of the presidential primary race, giving a speech this afternoon at the same place where he began this campaign — in New Orleans.
Throughout this season, Mr. Edwards hasn’t been able to break through the dueling high-profile candidacies of Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama. And he had not been able to raise the kind of funds that those two had early on.
Top advisers said that Mr. Edwards would not be endorsing another candidate today when he makes his announcement at 1 p.m. On Tuesday, Mr. Edwards canceled events in Alabama and North Dakota, opting instead to fly to New Orleans late Tuesday night. His press aides told reporters that he would make a “major policy speech” on poverty, in the city where Mr. Edwards announced his candidacy in December 2006.
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I am surprised he didn't stay in there until Super Tuesday
I do hope he endorses Obama.
Me too.
"I am now effectively pro-Obama."
Me too. I will attend my state caucus next week and stand for Mr. Obama.
At the same time, though, I won't talk down Ms. Clinton. Come November, if my state is in play, I will vote for the Democratic nominee, no matter who that is. There aren't any perfect candidates, but any Democrat will be better for the country than Mr. McCain.
The consensus I am hearing
The consensus I am hearing is that this will help Clinton with white voters in the South but will help Obama in other regions of the country and in the progressive community in general.
I am now effectively
I am now effectively pro-Obama.
There goes the generational divide!
At the same time, though, I
Understood and understandable. I can't vote for the Republicans but I can abstain if the candidates are all unsatisfactory to me. I suppose actively promoting Sen. Obama is the most positive choice...but I'm going to have to pair that with some criticism.
The consensus I am hearing
No doubt.
Quaker - I wish that I could
Quaker -
I wish that I could feel the way you do about Hillary Clinton if it came down to her and McCain. Clinton's support for the American War in Iraq and expressed willingness to continue to project American military power in world affairs is deeply troubling to me. In addition, her willingness to throw black folks under the bus (I am not, for example, reassured by the reemergence of Maggie Williams as her closest confidante) as a matter of expediency only increases by order of magnitudes my disdain for her candidacy and fear of her presidency.
P6... from your geographical
P6... from your geographical standpoint, what are Obama's chances of successfully competing with Clinton in the Northeast
I voted for Clinton twice,
I voted for Clinton twice, but I held my nose each time. I never even considered voting for Hillary. Clinton had his chance and he blew it because he lacked the discipline to keep his penis under control and the courage not to lie about it when he got caught. His last term in office demoralized the country and handed it to the republicans. Now he seems to think he's due some kind of "do over" via his wife's campaign. To me this demonstrates that the Clintons put their agenda above that of the nation.
Hillary does not stand apart from Bill. She's his wife. And we've seen what it would mean to this country if she won the election. We would have a Bill Clinton co-presidency as insidious and insipid as the current Bush-Cheney junta.
I hear you, ptc...
...and that's why I say "if my state is in play." I have reservations about Ms. Clinton. Tops on my list is the four years of no-holds-barred partisan warfare we're sure to endure if she's elected. Still, better than McCain.
If my state is a sure win for either side come election day, I'll waste my vote on a protest candidate.
what are Obama's chances of
Hell if I know. You got to remember, everything I write is my opinion based on my observations or personal preconceptions. I'm not really checking other folks' opinions. Plus I could wind up looking as stupid as the pollsters have so far.
I'm still voting for John Edwards
One of the reasons we vote in primary elections is to stand up for the issues we want to see addressed in the party platform. This is why it is so bad that campaigns have become extravagantly long and expensive: candidates drop out before the voters have a chance to participate.
Wherever possible, we still need to vote for our favorite candidate in the primary, even if that candidate has quit campaigning. It's how we show the party the issues we think are most important.
In the case of John Edwards, I can't help believing that with enough of the popular vote, he can still be the Democratic candidate when all is said and done. I'm not giving up hope.