Bernie is a second class candidate. How dare he besmirch the Pure Democratic Primary,

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90. Kucinich was NO LONGER RUNNING when Edwards voters "went to HRC or Obama"...

If it were earlier in the campaign, then those votes might have gone to Kucinich instead. I know I would have, and many I talked to were talking about whether we would support Edwards or Kucinich then.

It was Edwards that was speaking the populist line then. Most of those who subsequently went for Obama (and most DID got to Obama according to this graph!), did so because they really had no other choice other than to HOPE that Obama would do things for them, which he later didn't!



Kucinich was marginalized by the corporate owned party establishment much the same way they are trying to do so now with Bernie as they know both of those candidates were the genuine honest populists as advertised, but less effectively in their campaign now with Bernie. The party establishment WANTED to get populist votes sent to Edwards, and helped Edwards draw this populist vote, because they knew they could pull the plug on Edwards at any time during that campaign, if what I suspect happened did happen. In those days, American 99%ers weren't nearly as bad off as they are now, and if what was in place today was in place then, Kucinich WOULD have had a lot more support then.