Breaking news…John Edwards is out

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1. jason330 says:

   January 30, 2008 at 9:25 am

   Wow. I thought he was going to stick it out.

2. donviti says:

   January 30, 2008 at 9:35 am

   strategy wise, don’t you think this gives a better lift for Obama? and maybe he and Edwards worked something out so that he quits before super tuesday?

3. anon says:

   January 30, 2008 at 9:36 am

   Glad you posted this; I was just about to send Edwards some more money.

4. donviti says:

   January 30, 2008 at 9:38 am

   send it to me instead…

5. anon says:

   January 30, 2008 at 9:38 am

   JRE for… Attorney General? Secretary of Labor?

6. jason330 says:

   January 30, 2008 at 9:39 am

   I have to think that Obama gets the majority (maybe not a huge majority but more than 53%) of Edwards supporters.

7. Von Cracker says:

   January 30, 2008 at 9:45 am

   Sad day – wish he was taken more seriously by the MSM….

   Here’s to Obama then….

8. Rebecca says:

   January 30, 2008 at 9:56 am

   So sad. Why do the people who speak the truth end up being the also-rans? Kucinich and Edwards said what needed to be said and it just went thunk with the voters.

   Oh well, Onward with Obama!

9. donviti says:

   January 30, 2008 at 10:03 am

   that’s a rhetorical question right Rebecca…

10. cassandra m says:

    January 30, 2008 at 10:33 am

    I thought he was going to stick it out too, but I suspect that his anemic vote count and slowing fundraising is making his decision.

    He has been making some great points on issues that hadn’t really seen the light of day. I would have loved to have seen him come into the Convention with enough delegates to give him the ability to influence the nominee.

    And speaking of Obama — I’ve gotten two mailings from his campaign at my house in the past week or ten days. Impressive pieces and am glad to see them working so hard here.

11. Sagacious Steve says:

    January 30, 2008 at 10:40 am

    Edwards was my candidate as well. I thought his message of economic populism would resonate more strongly with voters. But when he did not win in Iowa, he just didn’t have a Plan B.

    I just hope that he doesn’t endorse Hillary during the primary season. While I don’t think he will, remember the ‘private meeting’ that was reported in the press last week between Clinton and Edwards?

    I think he wants to be AG and I think he’d be a great one…as long as he doesn’t have to sell his soul for the position. Of course, if he endorsed Barack, now that’d be another story!

12. Nancy Willing says:

    January 30, 2008 at 10:40 am

    I ‘ve been hanging out over on Eschaton this morning and the word was the people are pissed that they paid into the Edwards campaign on the promise that he would hang in until the convention.

13. anon says:

    January 30, 2008 at 11:47 am

    Now it’s time for Edwards supporters to suck it up and get behind Obama, just like Dean supporters sucked it up and got behind Kerry.

14. X Stryker says:

    January 30, 2008 at 12:03 pm

    Sorry to see John go. He brought many important issues into the dialogue.

    This could help Obama in some states, but I’m worried that it could throw Georgia to Hillary. I was counting on Edwards to split the white vote in the south.