2 More Bid Farewell

in the same city where he announced his 2008 bid for the presidency, so will john edwards end his campaign.

edwards will drop out of the democratic race for the nomination today in new orleans... giving once last speech on his key issue - poverty - before heading over to habitat for humanity.

i have found a soft-spot in my heart again recently for john edwards. i have been hard on him over the past several months mostly because of his vicious (and i felt unfounded) attacks against hillary.

but beyond my inner-conflict the past two weeks over obama and hillary's childish sniping, edwards had remained on point...and grown-up.

i still see edwards remaining a powerful voice in the democratic party... he will become a well-respected statesman of the party... probably continuing his campaign against poverty and "two americas." much like al gore's quest to end global warming, edwards will fight the good fight for the nation's poor.

but when it was all said and done.... edwards' viability was simply not coalescing. very poor 3rd place showings in recent primary and caucuses does not even garner one delegate to be awarded to edwards... thus not even granting him status of potential "king maker" at the convention.

this also means thursday night's LA debate will be a two-person show: hillary and barack.

we'll discuss what this all means in a future entry. but let it be noted: edwards will not endorse either democratic candidate today when he drops out.

on the other side.... rudy giuliani will endorse john mccain today when he drops out of the republican race at the reagan national library.

why not?

rudy....making his first and last stand in florida yesterday...placed an embarrassing third.

for months people said the strategy of "wait and see" would fail. they were right and it did.

rudy is a fucker...we all know that. apparently he's also a dumb fuck. and his departure shrinks the GOP side down to four (three really...why won't duncan hunter drop out already?).

mccain's win in florida yesterday clearly makes him the front runner... he needed the win to raise cash... he needed the win to gain momentum into super tuesday. he got all of that... but i still wouldn't count out flip-flop mitt. bitch has deep pockets of his own to reach into....

as for the dems....no front runner in sight. i see this going all the way to the convention.

exciting times...

e.