Reply #17: The question IS, does Obama want to win or not? [View All]

Does he want to get the voters voting for Edwards or not? If he does, then he negotiates with Edwards to incorporate some of what Edwards' supporters are concerned about into his platform. Then he has a shot at winning, as Edwards voters are more apt to jump to support him than Hillary. But most of us now are going to continue to support Edwards, as he hasn't made any significant move in that direction yet.

THAT is why Edwards should continue to run, even if he can't win more states. That is ALSO why Jesse Jackson continued to run when he ran for president, and arguably he helped build the Democratic Platform for the election then to address his concerns, even if he didn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning the nomination.