Today there are a lot of posts up saying that former Sen. Edwards (D-NC) is considering endorsing Hillary Clinton for president. These posts make some decent arguments (endorsing her would have more impact than endorsing Obama, presuming Edwards is looking for relevancy; he probably prefers her health care plan to Obama's). But it seems that they are all pretty much silent on something that you'd think Edwards might remember. Edwards voters and activists were, for the most part, the lefties who yelled and hollered hooray every time he went off on his greed screed. He was the most popular candidate among the Kossacks, and among a lot of the netroots. And the thing is, those fans of his are not Hillary Clinton fans. Does any of their fanbase overlap? Over course it does. But big chunks of it don't. And if Edwards wants to have a future in politics and not alienate a lot of his strongest supporters, maybe his best course of action is staying neutral.
Posted by armand at February 13, 2008 09:35 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Politics