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Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage: "Edwards Pushes for Second in Wisconsin
Tue February 17, 2004 05:29 PM ET
Cited By Jim Loney
MADISON, Wis. (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards raced through last-minute appeals to voters on Tuesday in Wisconsin, where a second-place finish would bolster his claim as the only legitimate challenger to front-runner John Kerry. "...

Getting our feet planted back on earth... My hunch is that Howard Dean will try to indirectly support John Edwards rather than outright supporting John Kerry. The rational ? Supporting Kerry would be the "mainstream beltway politics" thing to do. It will only happen as a last resort running up to the convention. I guess I am anticipating that Howard Dean, with such a large stake in his anti beltway position, could not live with himself if he knuckled under to DNC pressures this late in the game. It would make him appear as a hypocrite to all his followers. I think that force is pretty strong inside him. In the end it may be moot, but nonetheless it may make for some interesting speculations and who knows ? Since the mainstream press is looking for a NEW story to spin, this might be the one. Then look out. Public opinion will change again. Especially if Edwards does reasonably well tonight. Then you can fill in the blanks for yourself.

Just a hunch. - zzb