CNN and The New York Times are reporting that John Edwards is going to drop out of the Presidental race today, and not endorse either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. The 2004 Vice Presidential nominee has not won a single primary contest, and his best finish was second in the kick-off Iowa caucuses. Edwards is set to give a speech in Louisiana today, the same place he kicked off his presidential bid well over a year ago. Still, it's surprising that he is dropping out before "Super Duper Tuesday" on February 5th when millions of Democratic voters have the opportunity to make their voices heard in the Presidential campaign. In fact, in California, I know that many people have already voted (by mail-in absentee ballot), and some of them have said they have voted for Edwards.In other news, Rudy Giuliani (or 9iu11iani as DailyKos likes to call him) is dropping out of the race and endorsing John McCain, who won winner-takes-all the Florida primary ahead of Mitt Romney 36% to 31% wiht 9iu11iani a distant 3rd at 15%.
Too bad, his take on the issue of poverty in this country was good, too bad, he couldn't get heard above the fray. Sadly, this means HRC will be the nominee, and, we will have President McCain, gay rights and human rights foe in office.
ReplyDeleteYou see, I'm a bit concerned about an Clinton vs. McCain race, too. I feel she - based on articles read -is still perceived too negatively by moderates and independends and we all know those are the peeps who generally swing these things. Let's hope for an Obama President and Clinton Vice President ticket.
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