ALERT: EDWARDS TO DROP OUT OF RACE; will not immediately endorse

January 30, 2008 8:21 AM
Posted By:Pam
Filed in: John Edwards, National News

Drudge Siren Alert..Edwards won’t be the kingmaker after all!

Democrat John Edwards is exiting the presidential race Wednesday, ending a scrappy underdog bid in which he steered his rivals toward progressive ideals while grappling with family hardship that roused voters’ sympathies but never diverted his campaign, The Associated Press has learned.
The two-time White House candidate notified a close circle of senior advisers that he planned to make the announcement at a 1 p.m. EST event in New Orleans that had been billed as a speech on poverty, according to two of his advisers. The decision came after Edwards lost the four states to hold nominating contests so far to rivals who stole the spotlight from the beginning—Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.

The former North Carolina senator will not immediately endorse either candidate in what is now a two-person race for the Democratic nomination, said one adviser, who spoke on a condition of anonymity in advance of the announcement.

Edwards made poverty the signature issue of both his presidential campaigns, and he led a four-day tour to highlight the issue in July. The tour, the first to focus on the plight of the poor since Robert F. Kennedy’s trip 40 years earlier, also was an effort to remind voters that a rich man can care about the less fortunate. It came as Edwards was dogged by negative coverage of his personal wealth, including his construction of a 28,000-square foot house, his work for a hedge fund that advised the superrich and $400 haircuts.

The loss in South Carolina was especially hard because it was where he was born and he had won the state in 2004. But Edwards performed well enough to pick up 58 delegates

Good riddance!

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16 Responses to “ALERT: EDWARDS TO DROP OUT OF RACE; will not immediately endorse”

  1. San Francisco Liberal
    January 30, 2008 - 12:24 PM on January 30th, 2008

    Edwards is a classy man, and would have made a great, populist President had Obama or Clinton not been in the race.

    I always loved his “Two Americas” speech…

    I hope he runs for office again soon…

  2. Robert
    January 30, 2008 - 02:02 PM on January 30th, 2008

    Good riddance to this hypocrite lawyer. Maybe he’ll just go back to sueing people now.

    I hope this won’t cause panic among the coiffure industry. He won’t need as many $1200 haircuts now…

    The only regret I have is he didn’t attack enough. I would love to have seen him get down in the mud with HilLiary.

  3. BonBon
    January 30, 2008 - 02:53 PM on January 30th, 2008

    “I always loved his “Two Americas” speech”

    Yeah, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. It’s a great speech, designed for perpetrating division among all Americans. And hey we certainly know which America he lives in… :-j

  4. PCD
    January 30, 2008 - 02:53 PM on January 30th, 2008

    10, Robert, when did Silky ever get out of the mud? I mean, he wasn’t in $400 mud baths at the spa all the time.

  5. PCD
    January 30, 2008 - 02:55 PM on January 30th, 2008

    9, SFL, maybe he should move out to SF. You can instruct him on how to pick up dog turds by the clean end.

  6. San Francisco Liberal
    January 30, 2008 - 05:09 PM on January 30th, 2008

    Pick up dog turds by the clean end?

    Is that supposed to be funny?

    Is that what all the retarded kids are saying these days?

  7. TedintheShed
    January 30, 2008 - 11:27 PM on January 30th, 2008

    “Edwards is a classy man, and would have made a great, populist President had Obama or Clinton not been in the race.

    I always loved his “Two Americas” speech…

    I hope he runs for office again soon…

    Jesus Christ, you’re a sick individual.

    Fucking shill…

  8. PCD
    January 31, 2008 - 07:25 AM on January 31st, 2008

    14, SFL, you are the retarded one. Go find a sane individual to explain it to you. You’ll have to leave SF to find one.

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