Elizabeth Edwards

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I voted for John Edwards in the primary, though he withdrew the week before.  The one thing I will never forgive him for is withdrawing before the California primary.  He would have taken a ch8unk of the state and he would have had a raft of delegates to bargain with at the convention.  If you're going to put all that effort into runnign a primary campaign, you should be prepared to put some effort into making your losing a moment of strength.

Elizabeth Edwards died today and you know damned well that the thing they're talking about is not her work and her part in politics, or even the medical science behind her cancer (which is a legitimate opportunistic thing to do, I think).

Anyway, I admired Elizabeth Edwards: she was strong and progressive and did the right thing, as far as I could tell.  And I'm really sorry that she didn't get a better deal all around.