Jon Stewart: "I think Edwards Dropped Out to BOOST Obama and Beat Clinton"

[berni_mccoy]

Just said it on "A Daily Show"

[AX10]

1. But Clinton and Edwards...

have many of the same people voting for both of them.

[DJ13]

4. Male blue collar workers hate Hillary

They wont vote for her anymore than southern blue collar Republicans would.

[Proud2BAmurkin]

6. Hillary won men in FL

[Unsane]

11. Which tells me that state was a fluke.

[provis99]

7. no kidding; that's political reality, unfortunately

No way that Clinton is going to win the Presidency; I wouldn't lay good odds on Obama, either. The Democrats have done it again; they've managed to snatch electoral defeat from the jaws of victory. Ugn which is worse, President Mittens Romney or President Old Crazy Guy McCain?

[billbuckhead]

8. They'll hate Obama more

[papau]

9. not true per exit polling - Male blue collar workers is a Hillary group

[provis99]

12. Not in the general election, they're not

In the general, I fear they'll go all "Reagan Democrat" on us if Clinton is the Democratic nominee.

[mth44sc]

5. People get two votes

I thought that was a republican thing :-)

[spooky3]

2. I think Jon's wrong about that.

That would seem to be contrary to JRE's pledge to keep fighting, and if that were his intent, it seems to me he would have endorsed Obama immediately.

But I guess we'll know more in the coming days.

[AtomicKitten]

3. Refreshing that he prefaced it with "I think ..."

[OHdem10]

10. He said he was making room for HISTORY in his speech tdday.

The Media has structured their story as History. First Woman President
First Black President.

Edwards was never part of the story except when some in the Media
accused him of preventing a black man from being president.L. ODonnell
M Dowd, you can list the others.

It was obvious that only Obama and Hilary count --the got the coverage.

It was time to step aside. I do not think it would be within his
ethical standards to be put in the position kingmaker. Let the
American People decide. He fought the good fight and I will remain
grateful for his efforts to bring the party back to its roots.