Beating Hillary Clinton May Take Act of God -- or Oprah

http://www.thestreet.com/s/beating-hillary-clinton-may-take-act-of-god--or-oprah/markets/marketfeatures/10377948.html?puc=_googlen&?cm_ven=GOOGLEN&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA

By John Fout
TheStreet.com Political Correspondent
9/5/2007 4:08 PM EDT

The presidential primary season has raged for months. The Democratic race started with Sen. Hillary Clinton (D., N.Y.) in the lead with challengers Sen. Barack Obama (D., Ill.) and John Edwards jockeying for position.

At summer's end, Clinton is several lengths ahead of her Democratic peers, Obama seems stuck in second place, and Edwards has fallen toward the back. Races rarely run to form, however. Three influences could alter the Democrats' course in the fall: endorsements from unions, Al Gore and Oprah Winfrey.

Edwards had hoped to gain momentum from a populist message. He has championed helping the poor and has spoken out strongly on issues affecting working people. It appears his strategy is to build early momentum in Iowa and secure the endorsement of labor unions.

The strategy has yet to boost Edwards' position. The AFL-CIO voted not to endorse any candidate, leaving member unions to make individual choices. The first big labor endorsement went to Clinton -- the United Transportation Union -- and the second went to Sen. Chris Dodd (D., Conn.) -- the International Association of Fire Fighters.

So far, two unions are backing Edwards: United Steelworkers and United Mineworkers of America. He needs more backing than that; he needs to score a union such as the Service Employees Internal Union, which represents more than a million service workers -- mostly in health care -- and has a track record of bringing in votes for a candidate.

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That's crazy talk.

Just my opinion tho!

people like Obama better. And the more they push the more people are pulling away. Won't they ever learn.

But figured it was too close to the truth to work as a joke.

Maybe I should post it as "gospel".

Oprah thinks she God.

RUN AL RUN!

but their Edwards statement seem to be incorrect.

We've seen quite a bit of info posted to the contray of their "...Edwards has fallen toward the back..." statement.

Perhaps I should have followed the link...but when basic facts dont jibe in the first section, I tend to ignore the rest of the story.

The runaway front-runner, deemed "unbeatable'.

Anybody remember him?

Love her or hate her, she's our next president.