Will Obama Overshadow John Edwards?

Thursday, January 04, 2007  -  reddit

There isn't a whole lot going on in the world of Presidential Campaigns right now, given how long it is until the general election you can expect things to stay pretty quiet for a while yet. Mass. Governor Romney has filed papers to run, and Giuliani let his papers get out so we know he's in. There are far more Republicans ready to replace President Bush right now than there are Democrats vying to sweep the government back.

National Journal thinks that Obama is going to jump into the race at some point, and suck all of the air out of the room, hurting Edwards. That's interesting in that it is exactly what happened to John Kerry and the others when Howard Dean burst onto the scene, and Dean was the favorite all the way into the beginning of the primaries, but it was an illusion. Dean got beat up in Iowa and NH and never recovered, and the same is likely to happen Senator Obama.

I like the guy and what I see, but that's the problem. We all like what we see, but is that enough to give the guy the keys? I'm not there yet. Meanwhile some liberal strongholds see something bright in the way Edwards has tied Senator McCain to the troop escalation, calling it the "McCain Doctrine." I'll tell you what, McCain was smart to take up the cause because most conservatives seem to look upon him as weak, yet they know how popular the man is. On the other hand, it's probably the worst cause you could jump on to ride. It is the proverbial double-edged-sword, and Edwards and others are intent on offing him with it.

In other news, Democrats officially ascend to the majority in Congress in just a few minutes from now. The time of abusers and the Republican culture of corruption has come to its end.

tags: John Edwards, 2008 Elections, President, Barak Obama, John McCain