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KJ ([personal profile] owlmoose) wrote2008-01-30 07:16 pm
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Election musings and poll

So John Edwards dropped out. Since I had finally settled on him, and was actually looking forward to casting a vote that mattered for a candidate I liked, this throws me into a bit of disarray.


[Poll #1130367]

[identity profile] owlmoose.livejournal.com 2008-01-31 04:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I think part of the reason that Edwards felt he had to bow out is that he is in fact a white male, and in many ways he would have been standing in the way of history.

That's a really interesting analysis, and I bet that's at least part of it.

I also agree that it's nice to see the politicians who aren't strictly on their party's line getting more attention. (Although I would argue that Romney shifted his views to match the party line more closely.) A reflection that we're getting sick of the two-party system? Maybe. I can only hope.