Edwards Finding a Home in Third Place

After the results of the South Carolina Primary, Edwards found himself yet again in third place. He received only 18% of the vote in a Primary that Barack Obama ran away with. This must have come as a surprise to Edwards, who actually won South Carolina in 2004. Edwards has insisted that he will stay in the race until the end. He even added that "in the last couple of weeks he has received the most online contributions of his entire campaign". Edwards is pouring most of his money and energy into Super Tuesday, but appears to be outmatched by Obama and Clinton. By staying in the race,Edwards, who may be the deciding factor in the Democratic race, is positioning himself to receive a Cabinet position. The 10-15% of the votes he is receiving will be viewed as votes stolen from these other two leading candidates. The one whom has the least votes stolen will most likely win the seat. Thus, Edwards is making himself a very significant factor in the race either Democratic front runner will run.

Edwards in the Primaries

As Edwards falls further and further behind the two main frontrunners one starts to question who he will place his support behind and if there is any chance for him to be on a ticket as a vice presidential candidate. Going into South Carolina Edwards may get a jump in the votes but most likely not nearly enough to catch up to Obama and Clinton seeing as how they both have at least twice as many delegates as he does after Nevada. It will be interesting to see if Edwards will stay in throughout the entire primaries or place his support behind the candidate that he thinks is best or will pick him as a vice president, if he stays in the race, he most likely to lose and also take away from Obama or Clinton.

       It seems that Edwards is more concerned with the South Carolina primary than he is the Michigan one.  That makes sense though, with the Michigan one really not having much significance.  Edwards has spent four straight days campaigning in South Carolina in preparation for the upcoming primary.  With it being the state in which he was raised, South Carolina could give Edwards his first primary win. 

      After the Iowa caucuses, it can be said that Clinton and Edwards are in a dog fight,  Edwards criticized Clinton recently for comments regarding change and Martin Luther King Jr.  He said, "Those who believe that real change starts with Washington politicians have been in Washington too long and are living a fairy tale."  It should be interesting to to watch these two battle it out in the upcoming months.

Edwards Update (January 6, 2008)

Edwards was perhaps one of the biggest surprises at the Iowa Caucus. He hauled in 29.8% and pushed Hillary Clinton all the way down to third place. Edwards may have done more damage to Clinton then Obama's victory did as the two were constantly battling during previous debates. It appears now that the Democratic seat will be a fierce battle between these three candidates. With Obama and Edwards both surging forward and Clinton falling backwards, the New Hampshire Primary will be an interesting forum for reactions and strategic changes.