Edwards Dropping Out?
Wednesday, January 30, 2008

According to the AP, the Breck Girl is throwing in the moist towlette today:

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.

Grab the popcorn, because I can think of one lib here in Iowa that’s sure to lose it if this happens (not going to link, as I no longer feed the trolls). He has some kind of man-crush on Edwards, and this news could very well send him over the edge (not that he wasn’t already there to begin with). They’ll find him naked, drunk, and in a pool of his own urine and/or vomit, twitching and muttering “Silky…Silky…Silky…”

Personally, I’m looking forward to it. lol

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    6 Responses to “Edwards Dropping Out?”
    1. 1
      PrivatePigg Says:

      Yeah, he’s gone. Finally!

      January 30th, 2008 at 8:32 am
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      Common Sense Political Thought » Archives » John Edwards goes back to chasing ambulances! Says:

      [...] Brian came up with the best line of the day: (T)he Breck Girl is throwing in the moist towlette today. [...]

      January 30th, 2008 at 11:13 am
    3. 3
      Joe Says:

      You have to hand to John Boy, he projects integrity. So he convinced juries to give him millions but couldn’t convince millions to elect him.

      January 30th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
    4. 4
      PCD Says:

      The next best news to Silky getting disbarred.

      January 30th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
    5. 5
      Dana Says:

      There’s a scummy underside to all of this that needs to be noted. From Fox News, via Patterico:

      Edwards realized he had “no real path to the nomination and it was time to step aside,” spokesman Mark Kornblau said, adding that the decision was made within the last 48 hours.

      The last 48 hours, huh? Well, Gretchen, one of my commenters — and a many year electronic friend — noted:

      John Edwards made a campaign stop in Tulsa yesterday morning (29 January) where he vowed to stay in the race, emphasizing that it was delegate count, not necessarily primary wins that he was banking on. He reportedly collected a tidy sum from the 750 or so in attendance at his stopover, then headed on to another money-raising event. Of course, those who donated to Edwards’ campaign had to know they were financing what was surely a lost cause, but they are likely miffed that they were told a presidential wannabe fib. I wonder how many of yesterday’s donors have put a stop payment on their checks?

      Gretchen lives in Oklahoma.

      The guy knew that he was going to drop out, yet the man complaining that there are “two Americas” under President Bush was happy to take just a few more bucks from the good people living in that poorer of the two Americas. What an absolute fraud!

      January 30th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
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      PCD Says:

      I wonder if the Oklahoma donors want to bury Edwards under the OKC Bombing memorial now.

      January 31st, 2008 at 9:52 am