Edwards sees opportunity in Clinton-Obama spat

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DES MOINES, Iowa (CNN) -- With Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama increasingly sniping at each other, Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards sees an opening in Iowa.

Edwards, Clinton and Obama are in a statistical dead heat in the Hawkeye state, according to the latest polls, and, with a little less than one month left until the Iowa caucuses on January 3, Clinton and Obama are trading almost-daily attacks on each others character and judgment.

Edwards, wedged between two history making marquee names with multi-million dollar war chests, often gets lost in the conversation.

The former senator from North Carolina doesn't seem to mind at all, in part because he sees an opening in the free fire range between Clinton and Obama.

Full article: http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/04/edwards.also.running/

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1. I gotta admit

Edwards is doing better lately, he has toned down the personal attacks on Hillary and is going for a more positive campaign which is his strength.

[bullwinkle428]

2. History buffs will note that this is just how things played out in '04,

when Dean and Gephardt started beating the crap out of each other in the last couple of weeks of the campaign, leading to Kerry's "shocking" victory. Of course, we still have about 5 weeks to go so they have time to right the ship, but these next few weeks will certainly be very interesting to watch!

[Hieronymus]

3. Oh yes, Edwards is rising above it.

[asdjrocky]

4. Again-

Don't let the drawl fool you. This guy is smart. You don't do trial work without learning how to play your highs, and how to play your lows.

No one should ever, trust me on this, play poker with this man.