<p>dstark: Again, I suspect that’s wishful thinking on Clinton’s part.^ That news report doesn’t say where they got that information, nor any direct quotes from Edwards, or from his campaign. If it did, I sure missed it.</p>
<p>It’s over. Press conference today in New Orleans. It’s on tv too.</p>
<p>Bummer.</p>
<p>janie, it was reported by Ann Currie on the Today Show’s 9:00 news. I’m afraid it’s not “wishful thinking on Clinton’s part”. My goodness, does every single event have to be related to being Hillary’s fault? If only she had the powers that some of you attribute to her.</p>
<p>Well, I’m truly shocked. I have to wonder about Elizabeth’s health; she has not been on the campaign trail for 3 weeks, though they’ve always maintained she was just taking a break. I can’t imagine what else would prompt him to do this now, especially before Feb 5.</p>
<p>It’s not about her health, it is about him being viable…I also think he has made a deal with either Hillary or Obama, so he can now take his left over funds and run away.</p>
<p>alwaysmom: You’re right. I am shocked --and very disappointed. I’ve always felt he was the best candidate, bar none. </p>
<p>No, every single event does not have to be related to Hillary, but if you’ve ever looked at the analyses of the voting, you’ll see that Edwards was the one pulling the white vote from her. This move will certainly help her more than it will help Obama, if past primaries are any indication. </p>
<p>bulletandpima: Yes, I expect he did make a deal. I’m still surprised he would do it at this late date, before Feb 5. Granted, he got no media coverage, but he was pulling in quite a bit of money via the internet, though he could have spent all that in SC. I assume he will endorse somebody(?), and then I don’t know what happens to his delegates. Rumors have been floating around that Obama has offered him AG, but who knows.</p>
<p>janie,
Let’s hope he didn’t make a deal with the devil. :o</p>
<p>I guess the lawn sign goes in the garage now. H will be bummed.</p>
<p>Assuming this morning’s information is correct, this Edwards supporter will now be supporting Obama, and I suspect the other three voting age members of our household, who also currently support Edwards, will be shifting allegiance to Obama as well. Just a sample of four, I know.</p>
<p>Dang. Hope he’s talking with Obama.</p>
<p>All the Edwards supporters I know will move straight to Obama. I don’t believe white voters are just looking for a white candidate, as suggested above. Edwards and Obama are much more alike than either is to Clinton.</p>
<p>1sokkermom: Yeah, we can only hope. Oh, well, at least I never got a lawn sign. My guess is, he will endorse Obama (Edwards, not your husband). 
Who knows. I’m so shocked by this, I’m not gonna make any more predictions.</p>
<p>I’ll be moving over to Obama, too. I think Hillary is definitely smart and more than capable, but for me there’s a trust issue (or lack of). I don’t see her getting us out of Iraq, either.</p>
<p>I am pretty sure that Edward’s supporting H will now endorse Obama.</p>
<p>I am very sad about Edwards dropping out…He and his family are a class act…I hope that he vocally supports Obama who is similar to his economic views. On MSNBC this am Chris Matthews said that Obama can’t win due to ‘the Clinton machine’. I am so disgusted with this race…I want to move forward…Our entire family (rep and dems are voting for Obama). We have all said that if hillary is the nominee we will vote rep or not vote at all. This is becoming a sad time in history, our multi-generational/political family can feel it…The clintons…yuk…</p>
<p>Just to throw out there…did anti-Hillary people vote for Clinton?</p>
<p>I am definitely ABC (Anybody But Clinton) and I didn’t vote for Bill either. </p>
<p>The Billary candidacy is just too unpredictable. He hasn’t shown any restraint during the campaign and I don’t think he will be able to step aside and let her do what will be necessary. Will she be seen by the world as a puppet of his 3rd term even if he keeps his mouth shut?</p>
<p>I had high hopes that with New York changing primary date from June to February we might have choices, but NO! I’m beginning to think all the primaries should just be on the same day.</p>
<p>Now that wouldn’t be fun, unless we had them in June. I wouldn’t want to spend 10 months of just 2 candidates</p>
<p>This from the Miami Herald:</p>
<p>big reason that immigration has been downplayed in Florida: Hispanics. They’re a sizable part of both the Republican and Democratic parties in the state, and many feel uncomfortable with the ethnic tenor of the immigration debate. And the economy plays to all voters.</p>
<p>‘‘It’s clear the Hispanic vote is influencing this election,’’ said Joe Garcia, Hispanic outreach coordinator for the New Democrat Network. ``And it will influence the nation’s.'</p>
<p>The same could be said of Florida’s entire election. It winnowed the Republican field to two top candidates. And though the Democratic campaigns haven’t saturated Florida, the vote will be a barometer that measures a broad spectrum of sentiment of every demographic group of voters.</p>
<p>The Hispanic vote is key, comprising 17 percent of the Republican primary electorate and about 12 percent of the Democratic. Historically, the Republican who wins their vote wins the primary.</p>
<p>For Clinton, it’s a key to her campaign in Florida and the nation. Without the outsized Hispanic support, she likely loses, said national pollster John Zogby. In Florida and national polls, Clinton wallops Obama in Hispanic support to a greater degree than he trounces her with the support of black voters.</p>
<p>Consider:</p>
<p>• A poll of 500 Republican and Democratic likely Hispanic voters from the Florida Newlink Research Survey released Monday shows Hispanics favor Clinton over Obama by 69 percent to 15 percent.</p>
<p>McCain bests Romney by a lesser margin, 36 percent to 26 percent, but McCain gets 40 percent of the Hispanic female vote, nearly double Romney’s number in the poll.</p>
<p>• A Miami Herald poll last week found that Clinton drew 46 percent of the Hispanic vote in Florida compared to Obama’s 8 percent, while she drew 27 percent of the black vote compared to his 48 percent.</p>
<p>A big reason for the lopsided poll numbers: Time and again, pollsters say, ethnic tensions lead Hispanics to vote for white candidates over black ones.</p>
<p>mathmom: I think all the primaries should be on the same day, too. Definitely. </p>
<p>bulletandpima: Yes, I was a Clinton supporter. And, honestly, I believe they are both extremely smart and capable people, and I really don’t care whether a candidate is likable or not-- as long as he or she is capable, can get things done, and makes sense (to me) on the issues. We’re in a real mess now, and I want the next person up there to be able to go in and clean up the mess Bush and Cheney have made. I certainly don’t want more of the same. </p>
<p>I’ll probably end up going with the person Edwards throws his weight (and delegates) behind, because that means he’s made a deal and will have some influence if that person wins the nomination and the election. I think Edwards can get things done, and I trust him, so I’ll ultimately go with his candidate of choice. And truth be told, that may actually be Hillary-- and not Obama. I’ve heard Bill Clinton talk about Edwards in some of these interviews, and he thinks very highly of him, so it will be interesting to see what happens. I wonder if Edwards let us know today. ??</p>
<p>Nice exit poll data. To large extent FL represents the country’s demographics.</p>
<p>Pick the numbers you like most and thump your heart out</p>
<p>[Florida</a> Democratic Exit Poll - You Decide 08!](<a href=“http://youdecide08.foxnews.com/2008/01/30/florida-democratic-exit-poll/]Florida”>http://youdecide08.foxnews.com/2008/01/30/florida-democratic-exit-poll/)</p>
<p>And this quote from today’s Miami Herald:</p>
<p>The Republican National Committee treated the Democratic results in Florida as a genuine contest, issuing an attack video of Clinton as her victory was announced on national television.</p>
<p>And interviews with voters suggested that some paid little attention to the issue of delegates or no delegates.</p>
<p>Mark Flynt, 52, of Davie waited until right before the election to make his decision, joking, ``I almost made up my mind on the way over here.‘’
But in the end, Flynt picked Clinton. And it all came down to the 2008 campaign buzzword: change.
''I think both want change,'' said Flynt, who owns a landscaping company. ``But to use a football analogy, we would get more attempts with Obama, but we'd get more completions with Clinton. Obama gets my heart, but she's got my head and I had to use my head to vote.''</p>