When does Edwards drop out?

[ringmastery]

If he gets blown out on Super Tuesday and loses all 10 states, does he call it quits?

How many states does he have to win to continue on in the race?

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

1. If he gets blown out

I think he'd be close to being even mathematically eliminated at that point if he were to lose 10 states to Kerry.

[Cuban_Liberal]

4. That depends on the margin of defeat.

If CA, OH and NY (e.g.) are like WI, even a second-place finish brings in a buttload of delegates.

[sleipnir]

2. No, he's in until Southern Super Tuesday, March 9th

He'll bow out gracefully after that, if he hasn't won at least 25% of the delegates in the 14 states up for grabs in Early March.

Then again, I thought (well, we all thought) Dean would stick it out until Super Tuesday, and that didn't happen. So, Edwards (if he fairs as poorly as the polls are showing) might just hang up his hat after a week from Tuesday.

Super T is extremely expensive and I don't see him recovering monetarily if he doesn't at least win a 1/4 of the delegates that day. He'll win Georgia, but I fear that will probably be all. Kerry is just too strong at this point, especially in the North. (This excludes WI, which has extremely odd voting laws which allowed Edwards to do much better that he really did among Dems)

[Romel]

3. Kerry supporters need to put down the CRACK PIPE

Edwards will not get blown out. But he deserves our support. First, a little about me and what I think about all of this. I was originally a supporter of Howard “the dream” Dean. Although Dean did not make it a focal point of his campaign, he understands the need for a strong military defense. Whether you are a liberal, green party affiliate, socialist or whatever category you subscribe to, the fact of the matter is that Al-Qaeda doesn’t care. They want all of us dead because we were born in a country called America.
If Kerry gets the nomination, I’m afraid that the socialist utopia we are all planning our vacation schedule around, will be all but a pipe-dream leading to the city sewer. His senate voting record on military defense would have us holding the latest version of the toy cap gun when Al-Qaeda kicks in your door demanding your allegiance to Allah and asking to see your prayer rug. He voted against every military equipment advance of the modern era, including the stealth, the B2, the F16, the advanced fleet of subs that patrol our waters as well as the waters of our allies, and many others.
Don’t get me wrong, I know that our beloved Kerry holds our medical, dental, and prescription drug plans close to his heart. Hell, he and Teddy Kennedy practically share the same cerebrum. When Ted inhales, Kerry’s lungs expand. Kerry also loves children. He will ensure food on every table even if it is just nuts and berries. At least we will all be regular!
What is my point in all this you ask? As democrats, we all need to unite behind the candidacy of John “unite us” Edwards. Let me ask you this. Knowing the voting record of our friend John Kerry with regards to our military defense, if Osama were allowed to vote in this primary, which candidate do you think he would vote for? That scares me! It ought to scare the pants off you! As for me, I’m already sending money to Edwards. I’m also having my septic tank pumped just in case.

[AP]

5. I hope they don't. Overconfidence was the harbinger for destruction of

every other candidacy that has generated it so for this primary season.

[Spider Jerusalem]

8. And what exactly are YOU smoking, there, Erwin?

Military defence my arse. More like offence. We must ensure the troops and equipment to maintain the empire at all costs, eh? Even if it bankrupts us.

And I'd like to know what paranoid fantasy you're living in...al Qaeda kicking in our doors? Terrorist organisations lack the financial and material means to project power, much less to undertake a mass invasion.

And if Osama were allowed to vote in the primary, he'd vote for George W. Bush. Bush has already done a BRILLIANT job of ensuring that Al Qaeda shall have no shortage of recruits in the foreseeable future...I'm sure Mr bin Laden would be more than happy to give him four more years to have the entire Arab world baying for American blood.

(And I'm bored, which is the only reason I'm responding to an obvious troll. You should really try not to be so transparent...you give away your true sympathies.)

[WI_DEM]

6. Ohio would be a great state for Edwards to target

He has proved to do well with working people and the southern parts of Ohio are pretty respective to canddiates from the south. I know the AFL-CIO has endorsed Kerry, but we all know the worth of labor endorsements so far this election cycle.

[boobooday]

7. Why vote for the media anointed candidate in the primary?

I think we should try to keep as many candidates going as possible until the convention. The debate is good, the choice is good. Once we eliminate the other candidates, these scum will focus their scuz-blowers at whoever is the nominee. When we have a whole field of guys (unfortunately all guys), it makes it harder to aim.

http://www.wgoeshome.com

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

9. Money.

He's got more of it personally than most of the countries he's invaded combined.

Longer primary means less money to throw at the general election. That's why. Unless you're writing off $2000 checks like they're water, that's why the primary should if this gets any further out of hand (and it's pretty out of hand to begin with.)

[Padraig18]

10. I reject the underlying premise.

Why should he drop out, if he's going to defeat Kerry for the nomination? :evilgrin:

[Barad Simith]

11. Like Kucinich and Sharpton, he'll stay in the race until the very end (nt)

[Stuckinthebush]

12. I highly doubt that

If he wins big on Super Tuesday, then perhaps...but he won't win big.

He will be gunning for VP, and therefore, he will make a deal with Kerry to drop out and throw Kerry his support.