What could be John Edwards' last public stand came today in a televised debate in New York.
A little more boisterous than the California encounter earlier this week, with Edwards working harder to emphasise the differences between himself and John Kerry, particularly on trade, but with the foreign policy debate being overtaken by events in Haiti, there seemed again to be more issues that united the two senators in their criticism of President Bush than divided them.
Opinion polls still show Kerry with a considerable lead in the ten states which vote on Tuesday. It is possible Edwards will remain in the race until it swings south through Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida on March 9, but by then his pursuit of the nomination may have become a mathematical impossibility.
Perhaps significantly, the latest CBS poll shows a Kerry-Edwards ticket leading Bush-Cheney by eight points, but both Democrats refused to rise to the bait when asked about potential running mates during today's debate.
Democratic party chairman Terry McAuliffe, meanwhile, predicted the end was in sight for the nomination process.
With the Bush-Cheney campaign expected to launch a significant media blitz at the end of next week, McAuliffe is keen to begin positioning the opposition candidate.
Finally, that was almost a Boston Red Sox jacket Doris Kearns Goodwin was wearing on Meet The Press, but, like the team's chances this year, it was almost but not quite.....
A little more boisterous than the California encounter earlier this week, with Edwards working harder to emphasise the differences between himself and John Kerry, particularly on trade, but with the foreign policy debate being overtaken by events in Haiti, there seemed again to be more issues that united the two senators in their criticism of President Bush than divided them.
Opinion polls still show Kerry with a considerable lead in the ten states which vote on Tuesday. It is possible Edwards will remain in the race until it swings south through Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida on March 9, but by then his pursuit of the nomination may have become a mathematical impossibility.
Perhaps significantly, the latest CBS poll shows a Kerry-Edwards ticket leading Bush-Cheney by eight points, but both Democrats refused to rise to the bait when asked about potential running mates during today's debate.
Democratic party chairman Terry McAuliffe, meanwhile, predicted the end was in sight for the nomination process.
With the Bush-Cheney campaign expected to launch a significant media blitz at the end of next week, McAuliffe is keen to begin positioning the opposition candidate.
Finally, that was almost a Boston Red Sox jacket Doris Kearns Goodwin was wearing on Meet The Press, but, like the team's chances this year, it was almost but not quite.....
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