Obama should drop out of the presidential race so that Edwards can beat Clinton.

[Sapphire Blue]

Sounds just as silly as implying that Edwards should drop out so that Obama can beat Clinton, doesn't it?

May the best candidate win.

[Colobo]

1. Whoever is suggesting that can go to hell.

[Sapphire Blue]

3. I'd be happy if they'd just go somewhere other than DU.

[Sapphire Blue]

19. ..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3492182

[Catchawave]

22. OMG....I don't believe for a minute those are ALL

Edwards supporters voting :rofl:

Looks like a Rove push poll, think about it :silly:

[MADem]

2. Or Clinton should drop out so the two menfolk can 'hev at it"....nt

[wuushew]

4. Or Clinton could drop so that America can win

:dem:

[BeyondGeography]

5. Biden should drop out so Dodd can move up

[TSIAS]

6. The problem

Unfortunately, I used to think that Edwards supporters would favor Obama, and vice versa. But I'm begun to see that Edwards supporters might actually prefer Clinton as their backup choice.

[RaleighNCDUer]

7. What do you base that on? I've not seen it. nt

[TSIAS]

21. My point is it's not unanimous

It's not necessarily that roughly 60% of Democrats that don't support Clinton would break heavily for either Edwards or Obama. However, I do think that generally Obama and Edwards voters are more alligned. It would also seem like Dodd and Biden voters would prefer HRC.

[Colobo]

9. Some do, some don't.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

8. In the interest of Peace in Our Time...

I'll drop out. Admittedly, I am not running, and if I was, I would expect the laughter to be appropriately deafening, but never let it be said I will shrink from standing in the breach.

Hence, I formally announce I am leaving the 2008 presidential race.

Hey, it's just as absurd as the suggestion in the original post!

[Sapphire Blue]

18. Absurdity was the point of the OP.

[ludwigb]

10. For My Part....

I wouldn't mind if Edwards, Obama, and Clinton all got together and figured out some sort of arrangement where the contest is resolved and we can focus all our resources on crushing the GOP.

Policy-wise, there isn't much at stake between the 3--I wonder what the real disagreements are sometimes. Given this, it seems wasteful if 100 Million or so goes into this horse race where nothing truly vital (except who will be the candidate) is at stake. There are less differences between them than between Bush (the establishment's pick) and McCain (the maverick challenger) back in 2000.

[surfermaw]

20. ludwigb... Intelligent thinking!

[jenmarie]

11. All 3 of them

should drop out and make room for Gore and Clark.

:hide:

[pocoloco]

12. That's a no brainer!

[Colobo]

14. Gore and Clark can jump whenever they want, but they haven't....

[illinoisprogressive]

13. anyone who has entered has a right to run their campaign to the end

[BenDavid]

15. Obama's star is dim as folks

get to see more of him they see what I saw back in the day, not ready for prime time.....He will be out of the race by the end of Feburary 08 and he can keep his money and use it for 2016.....

Ben David

[Ethelk2044]

25. Obama is doing just fine. No one has voted yet.

[BenDavid]

33. I grant you are right, no one has voted yet, but

impressions and first impressions and from the way the polling has gone these past several weeks hrc is gaining strength as her negatives go down and her favorable ratings increase. Obama's numbers have begun to slide. But I will agree, no vote has been taken and may the better person win the nomination.....and whomever it tis, we all get behind OUR candidate....

I do thank you
Ben David

[AnotherGreenWorld]

16. Not really.

Every week there's a new ridiculous Edwards story that makes Democrats in general look bad. He should drop out for the interest of the party, even if HRC is the one who gets the nomination. He's hurting the party. Fox, CNN, and the rest smear Edwards not because they are afraid of him, but because it's easy, and they can use it to generalize about all Democrats.

[Sapphire Blue]

17. Where's that flyswatter?

Did you join DU for the sole purpose of bashing Edwards? Do you ever post anything else? It really is pathetic & tiresome.

[jenmarie]

23. It's worded very harshly

but the basic premise is true.

[Ethelk2044]

24. This post is bull shit. If anyone should drop out it should be Edwards

He could not even pull his own state in 2004. No Thanks

[snowbear]

26. Close to 500 views and -0- recommendations.. It's a loser alright..

Sorry to the OP, but the title of the thread is.. ... really crappy.

[Sapphire Blue]

27. Perhaps you should read beyond the title; you might get the point.

[AnotherGreenWorld]

28. nice avatar

[AnotherGreenWorld]

29. Good point!

[Sapphire Blue]

30. As are the posts imlying that Edwards should drop out so that Obama can beat Clinton...

... which is the point of the OP, in case you can't comprehend that.

You're quite welcome to support the corporate candidate; I certainly won't.

[Tellurian]

31. ***crickets***

Obama will drop out before Edwards ever will. Obama's negatives are rising daily, now that he proudly wears the corporate whore label, his stock will plummet in the polls. Obama is being reworked as a Republican retread, because they don't have a candidate that can win. Edwards is the one to watch that will give Hillary a run for her money.

[Sapphire Blue]

32. He proudly wears that label, and his supporters proudly defend it.

:shrug: Go figure; it reminds me of bush's backwash.

If any other Democratic candidate had this kind of backing, questions would be raised, at the very least... and, can you imagine the attacks from a certain candidate's supporters?

[Netbeavis]

36. Lets settle this the right way

CRIPPLE FIGHT!!!!!!!!!!

[lojasmo]

34. One of the three should eat another one. That would solve things....

As long as clinton was involved somehow.

[cd3dem]

35. you can get into trouble doing that