Dropouts: Thoughts on the Fall of Edwards and Giuliani

Published February 5, 2008
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By Candice Duncan

You want to stick it to The Man? You can cast your ballot for:

a) White Man b) White Woman c) Black Man

You picked B or C, didn’t you? The answer is obvious. Clinton and Obama thought so too. Last Wednesday night, they sat around giggling while they wrote their press releases, praising Edwards and his campaign for “the families who live in that other America.” In fact, all three candidates were seen on Thursday morning, baking a cake full of smiles and rainbows.

The truth is that Edwards had a snowball’s chance in hell of winning the democratic nomination. In an epic liberal showdown between the potential first black and first female president, there is not much room for a white guy in an expensive suit, no matter how much he talks about the Virginia coal miner or the Katrina victim. The implications here are not enormous; this match was destined to be Clinton vs. Obama. Edwards never really had a place in the ring and has made no statement to endorse either fighter, so his supporters will have to decide for themselves.

On that note, let’s talk about the republican race and Rudolph “9/11″ Giuliani. Once a front-runner, Giuliani has dropped out of the Republican contest after a dismal performance in the Florida primary. What is so special about the Florida primary? No, there was no impregnating of any chads. Independent voters do not cast their ballots in the Republican race there, and the surprise is that McCain, considered by some to be a pseudo conservative, was still able to come up with a victory.

Why not Mitt Romney? Why not Huckabee? The fact is, while these two candidates continue to split the social conservative vote, McCain will remain out of reach for both. The Evangelicals, who liken Mormonism to Scientology, do not want to vote for Romney. But in the end, when Huckabee proves to be nationally unelectable, they will vote for him, even if it is voting for a Mormon, he is still a social conservative. Besides, President Huckabee? Come on, it’s like a joke and a punch line all in one.

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