Reply #6: Agree with your analysis, Heaven and Earth... [View All]

These isolated early state caucuses and primaries have lent themselves to the fiction of a 'two candidates' race. Feb 5th - Super Tuesday might be a better indication of support for the individual candidates as the venue is too large for the 'media circus' with it's varied agendas to have as much influence.

Edwards has promised to stay in the race - and he probably will do so at least through Feb 5th. There was evidence that he 'get's' what is going on, especially in his speech to the Carpenter's Union in California. California is a very progressive state, and if the focus on the 'two 200 Million' candidates is not dominating the message, he can expect to do better there, especially.

In retrospect, Iowa may have been about an 'anti-Hillary' sentiment, and New Hampshire a 'hey, wait a minute', and Nevada an 'anti-Obama' sentiment. With all this now out of the way - and the 'two front runners' now perceived as candidates who are not 'inevitable' - maybe the sentiment of the voters will swing back to a view of each candidate and their actual messages and positions on issues.

There are plenty of progressives who do not want Edwards to go away.