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Whither John Edwards?
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Jul 23, 2007 01:12am |
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| Category | News |
| News Date | Friday, July 20, 2007 07:10:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Article from The Guardian.
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"Things haven't been going his way lately. But running against a black man and a polarizing woman, he's still the most electable Democrat.
Although anything could happen anytime to upset the pundit apple cart, I'm wondering what the deal is with John Edwards' campaign.
Based on his recent fund-raising totals, which are barely a third of Hillary Clinton's and Barack Obama's, and an anemic performance in a New Hampshire poll in which he placed behind the running-for-vice-president Bill Richardson, the Powers-that-Be are getting ready to rewrite the playbill with Edwards kicked out of the front tier.
Clinton's campaign is running according to plan. She's the Establishment candidate with the added bonus of being the first woman presidential nominee - a perfect plus in a Democratic nominee.
She's got her problems, no doubt, but her campaign is an impressive machine, and in a Democratic year, the hysterical anti-Hillary animus she inspires is hardly a magic bullet. "Kerry plus Ohio" is the Hillary supporter's mantra - meaning that to win, she would need to carry the states John Kerry won plus Ohio - and it looks pretty credible today.
Obama's campaign is also in about the best place it could be. Obama is this year's Phenomenon. His funding base is the most impressive of any candidate in history, in terms of sheer numbers, but no less significantly, in number of donors. The media love him, and if YouTube is any guide, so do 'the youth."
The Black Thing, it must be added, is also a perfect positive in a Democratic primary, since whatever racists do vote in these contests are more than outnumbered black people themselves. And what liberal Democrat does not tingle a bit at idea of electing an eloquent and inspiring black man to replace these evil &%@!$%! currently ruining our good name all around the world?" |
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