Reply #19: Here's the deal (try to follow) [View All]

Clinton is in first place in the polls in New Hampshire. Obama is close on her heels, coming off his win in Iowa. John Edwards is a distant third in NH, and his (big) 8 point loss to Obama and virtual tie with Clinton (1/4 of one percentage points separated them) in Iowa means he gets no bounce there. He can at best come in third. And that means he's done.

I truly hate to say this. I haven't wanted to burst the bubble. But it's the hard facts. John Edwards is over, and the media knows this.

And even at this he still gets prime air time on Olberman and elsewhere. But the Edwardites whine and moan that he gets no face time. He gets no press. Well, it ain't true. He gets more press than a candidate in his position should. But this is New Hampshire: he has no chance to win there, from all indications. When you don't have a chance to win, you don't get a lot of press. The stories right now are the person who won in Iowa and the person who is ahead in New Hampshire. That's show biz. Deal with it.