John Edwards is a loser. He has won exactly two elections in his life and lost 31. Only one of his wins and all of his losses were in presidential primaries and caucuses. He remains perfectly positioned to continue to lose with a Kucinich-like consistency. Nothing but egomania keeps Edwards in the race now. All presidential candidates are egomaniacs but some of them have party status worth preserving that forces them to drop out when they hit the wall. A loser like Edwards has no status or dignity to lose. Campaigning and losing is his life. So, he will continue his simple-minded, losing campaign and deny Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton the one-on-one contest they deserve.
If John Edwards stays in the race, he might, in the end, become nothing other than the Southern white man who stood in the way of the black man. And for that, he would deserve a lifetime of liberal condemnation.
Maybe Edwards is already not a factor in the campaign because Edwards voters would split evenly between Senators Obama and Clinton if Edwards dropped out. But we'll never know unless Edwards does the right thing and gets out of the way of the only two candidates who have a chance to get the nomination.
The white male monopoly on the Democratic nomination has finally come to an end. Someone has to tell John Edwards.
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"So, I urge you: keep going. Ignore the pundits, who think this is a horserace, not a fight for justice. My dad was a fighter. As a friend and a believer in my father’s words that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, I say to you: keep going. Keep fighting. My father would be proud."
Read the full letter at
http://www.johnedwards.com/news/20080121-mlk-iii-letter.pdf
Bobby Vassallo
Edwards said he would require new coal-burning plants to sequester their CO2 output before they would be licensed to operate.
I prefer Edwards solution.
Now, if you have something substantive to say, Mr. O'Donnell, please say it.
The lack of substance in you article suggests to me that your friends in the financial world are scared crapless about Edwards, and you are willing to spread FUD to help them out. After all, the last thing they want to see is a real progressive like Edwards or Kucinich.
With your tone here, I wouldn't be suprised if you started writing glowing reviews of Lieberman.
It is a shame because to say something productive (read contrary to status quo) is to make enimies of major money contributors, and big media. This fact reduces his money, and exposure, which is reflected in his lower ratings. He may be the worst candidate, but we will never know because Mcdonnell's favs won't speak their true mind.
If people are serious about wanting change Edwards is the ONLY candidate to give us change and he is the ONLY dem that can beat ANY repig nominee !
REAL SIMPLE.
What does his race/gender/Southern roots have to do with it? Are white males, especially ones from the South, not allowed to run for president anymore in O'Donnell's world?
I'm not an Edwards supporter, but last time I looked, there were quite a few of those. I think O'Donnell should at least respect the fact that Edwards has received a considerable number of votes in the primaries and caucuses so far.