Well, Obama won big in South Carolina. But, as this article in the Wall Street Journal suggests, John Edwards isn’t folding his hand.
More probable: arriving at the convention with enough delegates to tip the scales in favor of either Mrs. Clinton or Mr. Obama. “Edwards is the primary force keeping Clinton under 50%,” Mr. Trippi said. “Worst case? We go to the convention as the peacemaker, kingmaker, whatever you want to call it.”
Edwards scored 19% in SC.
I continue to think Obama’s uniter not a divider rhetoric conceals an absence of policy passion, and Clinton is the candidate of the Democratic establishment and the Donkeys in the Wall Street establishment. If Edwards stays in the race, and accumulates sufficient delegates, my hope is that he could use this bargaining power to push for a genuinely progressive stance.
Is it out of the question that John Edwards might bargain for the Vice-Presidential nomination come the convention? I understand that Obama and Clinton are not exactly enamoured of each other and would be very unlikely to run together, so who else could the winner choose?
I’d prefer Edwards as President as he actually has a bit of decent policy background (but so did Hewson) but I would certainly settle for him as VP.
I also think it is more than likely that a Democrat will get up over a Republican in the Presidential contest.
I doubt that Clinton will get any support from Edwards, and I think that the fallout of an Edwards departure will go for Obama and not Clinton Especially if Clinton keeps up these sorts of attacks on Edwards.
There’s no way Obama and Clinton will run a unity ticket even though it would have enough funds to sink any Republican campaign. They’re just too different and have spent the entire campaign engaging in passive aggressive sparring. Obama/Edwards might eventuate where Obama brings the charm and Edwards brings the ideas. The fresh-faced Senator who talks about change coupled with a man who genuinely believes in change is a solid ticket, especially after 8 years of the Bush administration’s blunders and the Democrats’ picking up Congress in 2006.
People will split their votes; we’ll either end up with populist Romney facing down a Democrat controlled House of Reps or Obama or Clinton facing a newly Republicanised Senate (Lieberman will probably support Clinton but not Obama).