Should Edwards and Obama make a policy agreement?

[thesubstanceofdreams]

I don't mean to downplay their differences, which surely exist, but most here agree that Edwards and Obama have more in common than any of them with Hillary. Right now, Obama is the frontrunner, but Edwards is holding his own - and there's the very real chance that the "change" vote is split among both allowing Hillary to retake frontrunner status by super Tuesday. That's not something that either the Obama or the Edwards camps want.

Even though his chances of winning the nomination are slim, I don't think Edwards should simply quit the race - first of all, he clearly represents lots of democrats; second, his message helps shape and energize the democratic primary no matter who ends up being the nominee; third, he has broad appeal and scores high on electability (except for the money issue which I'm not going into).

So what's the best solution for those of us who like both John and Barack? There's already buzz of Edwards being Obama's VP, and others have pointed out that Edwards would be a great AG. While that would be great, I would like the alliance between them to go beyond a specific position - I would like Barack to incorporate some of Edwards' proposals and populist focus into his own campaign.

If Edwards edges Hillary on NH and SC, then there is no question that his campaign should go ahead. If, however, he comes in third in both, I believe he should enter a policy agreement with Obama before super Tuesday to ensure that the best the Democratic party has to offer gets a clear victory in the primaries and carries a progressive message to the GE and the White House.

[Jim Sagle]

1. How can they? One's a corporatist, the other isn't.

[thesubstanceofdreams]

2. Things are not black or white

While Obama is more a corporatist that I personally would like, he's certainly not as bad in that respect as HRC. Part of the agreement could definitely be about corporativism.

[Cameron27]

3. After last night,

Obama and Edwards should get a room. They make a nice pair of tag-teamers.

[Infinite Hope]

4. If he stays in it, he ensures none of his supporters defect to Hillary. And in the convention he

could possibly send them Obama's way in exchange for a position on the ticket or AG. But the race is far from over at this point. If Hillary comes in third by a reasonable margin, it's an Edwards/Obama race down the stretch where either could win.