Edwards To Quit Presidential Race!

Filed under: Politik

So sad.

John Edwards is dropping out of the running for his bid to be the next President of the United States of America.

The two-time presidential hopeful will make the announcement at 1 p.m. EST today at an event in New Orleans.

The Democratic race is now really just between Barack and Hillary. Edwards is not expected to immediately endorse one of the other candidates.

Posted: Jan 30, 2008 at 10:43 am / Email this »

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anniken says – reply to this

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jeje whatever…
momof2 says – reply to this

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He is an asset to this country…maybe vice president position with Obama as Pres….that would be IDEAL, if he has to withdraw.
meh says – reply to this

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meh
claudia says – reply to this

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First!
am says – reply to this

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finally
Rach says – reply to this

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Personally - I don't like Clinton or Obama even though it seems like almost everyone else loves one of those two…
jill says – reply to this

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oh well
Lauren says – reply to this

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:(
Mia says – reply to this

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3rd?
C says – reply to this

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First! SAD INDEED
rachel radness! says – reply to this

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boooo

was gonna vote for him on super tuesday here in CA, but now my vote is going to hillary…
Me says – reply to this

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Oh snap!
Gooo Hillary says – reply to this

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Gooo Hillary!
Cody Alaniz says – reply to this

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Not shocking!
tj says – reply to this

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HEY HEY HEY, goodbye!!!
he's a cheating pig says – reply to this

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First!
adssdf says – reply to this

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firrrrrrrrrst
sara says – reply to this

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hmmmmmmmmmmm…don't go.
JEFFHATESPOLITICS says – reply to this

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Later Loser! Go back and help your cancer ridden wife. Scumbag!
J says – reply to this

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:(
QueenBitch says – reply to this

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First HA! Thank god he's out!
rz says – reply to this

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FIRST.
aimee says – reply to this

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bout time
mjcp says – reply to this

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Last! I'd fuck him, but I wouldn't vote for him.
ash says – reply to this

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who will he back??
G says – reply to this

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he' young… he'll be back and hope he'd learned his lessons and prioritized better.
yobabymama says – reply to this

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i loved him… sadness.
ashley says – reply to this

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MARISA
Team Republican says – reply to this

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Great- now Hitlery will get the white vote…
Fred says – reply to this

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Yeah … not really.
Rachel says – reply to this

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whoooooa
yoyoyoyo says – reply to this

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who cares first
Eliza says – reply to this

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Who?
So sad says – reply to this

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All I can say now is "GO REPUBLICANS"
Patrick Kernan Quinn says – reply to this

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Yes…
And he will announce his endorsement for Hillary on the Monday before Super Tuesday!
FIRST!
nico bom bico says – reply to this

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first?!? i have no idea about US politics, but uk all the waaaaaaaay

perez rules
mittens says – reply to this

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Fuck Obama…Go Clinton!
blah says – reply to this

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Endorse Hillary!
sexy says – reply to this

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Not a surprise
Revekah says – reply to this

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and ur point is?
Becky S. says – reply to this

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Aw. I was hoping he'd stay in the race because I think he's the best candidate for VP, if he can't be president.
Too bad says – reply to this

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He was my favorite candidate but Obama or Clinton are still good choices.
CurtM says – reply to this

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About time and I hope this is the last we hear of him. This guy drove doctors out of the carolinas with his lawsuits (which many were found after the fact to be based on incorrect data) and also drove up the cost of malpractice insurance so Doctors here have more problems trying to help people. He is just a ambulance chasing shyster. He was milking people's need for help in this country as a basis for his presidential campaign.
Jaz says – reply to this

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hair today, gone tomorrow…
Bullcaller says – reply to this

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Re: CurtM – Bullshit. The lawsuits Edwards pursued were worthy and those doctors were malpracticing — you're just spouting the usual Republican smear campaign crap. When will you Republitards stop being nasty fucking liars? Or is that a requirement for joining your party? "Nasty fucking liars wanted."
ShequitaJonze says – reply to this

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he really should have done better. i think he would have done a good job.
chica says – reply to this

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he should try for vice prez
lani says – reply to this

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What a shame, now that I can't vote for him, I'm voting for Obama…afterall Obama's overall message is the most similar to Obama. With Hillary's ugly robo calls on Edwards, I just couldn't vote for her. I'm sad your leaving, maybe an Obama/Edwards ticket, but if not I just can't vote for Hillary.
Tiffany says – reply to this

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He's a good guy though, love his stance on an end to special interest politics.

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HILLARY '08
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Blz says – reply to this

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Now he can spend some quality time with his dying wife
Ms perez says – reply to this

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Re: JEFFHATESPOLITICS –
Yup your right he has his wife dieing and he finds it more important to be the president…So sad the guys a loser Hilary will win!!!
His Wife Has terminal CANCER! says – reply to this

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I don't think he should've even ran this time!* Out of Respect for his wife* and I don't care about her interview! it still looks selfish to me!
georgia washington says – reply to this

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His policies were semi presentable. But truth is no women was going to vote for him. He seems so narcissistic. His family has been threw so much. Instead of putting his FAMILY & WIFE (cancer) first, well hell no He's gonna drag them all over the country and run for president. Check your ego in at the door. Its time to take care of the real people in your life. Your family. That is what I call real family values. Not his fantastic sam haircut family values.
Huckabee Fan says – reply to this

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Yeah Huckabee!! The one true American candidate who cares about the invasion taking over our country!!! Huckabee will kick them out!!!
chica says – reply to this

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and another thing…edwards sort of got the bum deal in this election. everyone's so excited that a black man and a woman are actually viable presidential candidates (i know i'm excited), that the handsome, privileged white man hasn't been on the media radar in the same way as the other two. this was not his year…
VOTE FOR BARACK! says – reply to this

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Sad? No. VOTE BARACK!
CurtM says – reply to this

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RE: BULLCALLER
Easy on your accusations unless you know the truth there bud. 1. I am NOT a Republican–I am an independent. and 2. I have friends in the medical profession here that were directly involved with Edwards' lawsuits and so I know what took place. Don't call bull until you see all of the facts. All you are doing is showing ignorance.
yashar says – reply to this

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SUPPORT HILLARY TODAY

www.hillaryclinton.com/contribute/iyh44
Carl says – reply to this

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He's a radical liberal in a conservative country, it's as simple as that.
ready says – reply to this

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sad to see him leave…i was going to vote for him on super tuesday too…for anyone who wants to see the candidates real voting records - go to
www.vote-smart.org
great site - gives it to you straight for ALL the candidates - republicans AND democrats
The Lynnster says – reply to this

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I really liked Edwards, this is very disappointing. I CAN'T STAND BILLARY, so GO OBAMA!!
Diego says – reply to this

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His wife was the reason he continued running for president — it was important to her that he stay in the race in spite (or maybe even because) of her illness. So people saying it was selfish of him to continue to run are just flat out wrong. She believed in his ability to change this country for the better and the urgency of the country needing that type of change NOW.

This is a sad day because it means that the media has succeeded in dictating to us who we should vote for. They gave Edwards a minimal amount of coverage even though it was agreed upon that he won every debate and brought the issues of healthcare and poverty to the forefront of the presidential campaign. I hope he does continue on in some public service capacity because we need true statesmen in politics. He would make a terrific Attorney General — a great leader of the Justice Department. Maybe we'll have some of the constitution restored if he serves in a role like AG.
Sill says – reply to this

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Now I want Hillary to win. Or Obama. It could be cool to have a black man as president. I'm caucasian myself, but I think it's unfair that black people doesn't get as much help as white people do. People who judge others on they skin color as just stupid. Peace
Ted Debiase says – reply to this

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Re: CurtM –

Bingo we have a winner. I hope Edwards finds a hole and get's lost. Ambulance following schmuck!
Sill says – reply to this

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Re: Sill – * Are just stupid *
nooooooooooo says – reply to this

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does this mean we are goin to have a nig or bitch as our next president. F that. I am on the Canada, holllllllllllllllllllllla
joan says – reply to this

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well now he can go back to ambulance-chasing
HILL FAN says – reply to this

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Don't think this will help Hillary. His votes were mostly the white-anti Hillary camp. I also think he will likely endorse OBAMA than Hillary.
bee says – reply to this

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Stop with the political rhetoric. Stay out of politics, because you are very uneducated in politics, and making people become even less of an intelligent voter.
crushed says – reply to this

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of course he's not going to endorse one of them right away…..im sure he wants to be the vice president and doesnt want to piss one or the other off…..he's smart and that's why he should be the nominee

i love hillary and barack…..but conservative white america is going to be out in full force to vote against either one of them when election time comes….it's sad, but i dont know if this country will ever except a woman or a minority as the president

we are so behind other countries in the world when it comes to shit like this
Damn Damn Damn says – reply to this

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Damn it to hell! I thought we would finally have a president that's easy on the eyes and very do-able!
richard03 says – reply to this

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DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lanla says – reply to this

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too bad this is a gdamn popularity contest….all about how you appear to the public, and not enough about the issues. i was really excited that someone was going to try to improve conditions for our nation's poor. hope he'll try again.
m15 says – reply to this

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don't think he's interested in the VP role… esp after the Kerry disaster…
faith says – reply to this

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NOOOOOOOOOOOO! Now ALL chances for a decent looking predsident have GONE OUT THE WINDOW!

damn it.
TEAM MCCAIN says – reply to this

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Go McCain. I'm sorry to hear that Edwards is dropping out, atleast he will have more time with his wife. Prayers are with them…Anywho…GO MCCAIN!
dumfuk says – reply to this

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Obama will nvr win. You need to be legal and be able to read to vote.
Katrina says – reply to this

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You know why this really, really sucks? John Edwards is the ONLY candidate, any party, that gives a flying flip about the poor in America. He wants to bring change to this SUPER RICH country we live in and not do it on the backs of the less fortunate. I don't care if he drops out, I'm writing him in, as I hate the other candidates for ignoring the plight of the poor.
holla says – reply to this

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Hate to say it but if by some remote chance obama was elected. He would be
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Most americans are not ready for a black prez. Those crazy KKK people in the south woudl go even madder!! COo COo COo COo!!!
GO OBAMA!! says – reply to this

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No one will nominate him for VP. Everyone knows how crap he treated Kerry, and he isn't an asset to a campaign either.

The majority of his voters will go to Obama. Hillary is hardly anyone's second choice. Like someone said, Edwards gets the anti-hillary, white voters. And he'll most likely endorse Hillary.

It's not that sad though, if he truly believed in the anti-establishment, anti-corporation stuff he spouted, dropping out and supporting Obama would be the right thing to do, if he had no chance of winning.

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WOO! says – reply to this

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JUST BETWEEN BARACK AND OBAMA? SCREW THEM! VOTE FOR RON PAUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

VOTE FOR RON PAUL IF YOU GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THIS COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!
lori says – reply to this

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TOO BAD HE WAS THE LAST HOPE FOR THE DEMS!!! GET READY FOR BUSH PART 2 IN NOVEMBER. CLINTON WON'T GET IN !!!! TOO MUCH BAGGAGE WITH HER HUSBAND!!! SHE'S BEEN THERE AND DONE IT!! THE REPUGS WILL MAKE SURE A BLACK WILL NEVER WIN FOR PRESIDENT!!! EVEN IF IT MEANS SCREWING UP THE VOTING MACHINES AGAIN!!! THIS COUNTRY IS FUCKED!!!!!!
LincolnLounger says – reply to this

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Good. Here's your hat, what's your hurry. He brings new meaning to egomaniacal.
tat says – reply to this

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about time. he needs to spend time with his wife.
LATINOS FOR OBAMA!!! says – reply to this

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Re: momof2 – … YES! That's what the country and world needs and wants to see, an Obama/Edwards ticket. I was originally a major Edwards supporter but quickly realized that wouldn't win the race. Our group's ideology and interest are slightly more in line with him over Obama's (thanks Perez for that website). Edwards's was 78% vs. Obama's 76%. We love you Edwards and hope to see you as the VP of Obama!!
Meagan says – reply to this

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Edwards wasn't a two time presidential hopefully. The first time was for Vice President for John Kerry, the second for prez.
LATINOS FOR OBAMA!!! says – reply to this

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Re: rachel radness! – I hear ya, but please reconsider voting for Obama. Hopefully Edwards will endorse him- the two of them as leaders of our country is what we need.
overandover says – reply to this

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Great,now we won't have to listen to the same stories -Daddy and the mill,the transplant patient,the woman with the kids who wear coats to bed over and over and over…..
Marian says – reply to this

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Damn I was probably going to vote for him for the GA primaries, but since the media chooses the candidates for us (Clinton and Obama), I guess this isn't much of a surprise. The news media only cares about having history in the making by having a woman or a black man run for president, they don't seem to care who the right candidate is. I hope Edwards considers being a VP, preferably for Obama, he was my second choice, but I guess hes now my first.
lu says – reply to this

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Im so sad. I think he would have done amazing things for this country. Taking care of the middle and lower class. We have lost our voice, and we are falling. We need someone who will speak for us. I hope he knows he has many supporters.
votevotevote dont be a pussy says – reply to this

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seriously fucked up
now who the fuck am i going to vote for
he was the best
fuck that stupid bitch !!!!!!!!!
AUBREY says – reply to this

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
DON"T DO IT!!
JOHN EDWARDS FOR PRESIDENT!!!
AwelleducatedTexasindependent says – reply to this

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So sorry to hear that he is dropping out. I would say probably to spend more time with his wife (who,frankly, hasnt been looking to well) since he wasnt faring well. Why waste monies? My vote goes to Hillary unless Obama is nominated then I hope Ron Paul runs independent.
As far as Obama goes…. his being black isnt the reason that I refuse to vote for him, it is because he was/is Muslim. He could have been/be any other religion, so it isnt a religious issue. We are fighting Muslims, what kind of stupidity would that be to bring one into office? I know this sounds like a conspiracy theory, but WHO is to say that Obama hasnt been being groomed by some radical group to get into the American govt and proceed to the White House? Far fetched…not to! How wonderful it appears on the surface. The first black president ( which would have been fine if not for the Muslim issue), wow a milestone. But everyone needs to stop and think. Just WHAT IF? What if he got into office and then when its too late….wham…. what sitting ducks we would be.
And *Sill*, black people DO get the same breaks as white…even better breaks. They just have to have the impotice to take advantage. Try getting a smart white kid (third in a class of 500+) a scholarship/ grants to a decent large university. If you arent black, Hispanic et al you are out of luck. Especially if you are middle income et al.
So go Hillary.
God be with Ms Edwards and family.
Joe Blow says – reply to this

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Now he can get back to his law practice suing doctors and putting hospitals out of business.
deedee says – reply to this

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President John Edwards………that just sounded like it was to be. What is wrong with the people of America? There is no one that could have fought with the major pharmaceutical companies and corporate conglomerates as well as Republican right wings to make health care for all a reality. Totally saddened for all of America. They don't know a good thing when they see it. If they don't make him vice president……it is sickening.
lightbulb says – reply to this

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aww I was going to vote for him.
nikki says – reply to this

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NOOOOOOO!!!!!
that SUCKS

i wish edwards would be V.P. with obama, that would be bomb
k says – reply to this

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If obama wins, is EBONICS going to be our new language?
Kelly says – reply to this

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I'm very sad about this. He seems to be the only one up there without an agenda…Hillary's being that she had this goal in mind for 35 years and she's not about to give it up even if she has to talk out of both sides of her mouth and constantly rely on pollsters to determine her stances; while Obama seems to have been bred to be President, I don't think he has enough experience to do it yet. Edwards, on the other hand, seems to genuinely have good intentions and seems to genuinely want to change the way things are today. I hope, if anything, he is offered the position of Vice President so he has a better chance of winning the Presidency in 8 years.

John, we love you, and know you are well qualified and would make a good presidency but unfortunately the electibility just wasn't there and most people don't want to waste their vote on someone who won't be elected (much like the wasted Nader votes in the last election which essentially gave the election to Bush).
ClosetExtrovert says – reply to this

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BUMMER.
He didn't take a single dime from special interest.