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I'm not sure what's gone on behind the scenes, but I know all three of them want to win it, distinctly and separately from whoever else is going for it, too.

There WAS recently a story about how, after one of the more recent Dem debates, Clinton and Edwards were seen heading into a closed-door discussion with each other. I do not know what that means, what they discussed, or what. After 20 minutes inside, as I think I recall, she was seen leaving his green room backstage. It wouldn't surprise me if there were substantial brokering going on at this very moment, and it wouldn't be the first time we've seen the two-against-one effect. Heck, every playground in the country has witnessed at least 22-million of those!

It's not beyond the realm of possibility. And it does make sense. But at the moment, I don't think Edwards would be offering himself up as a sacrificial lamb so that the other guy can off both their main competition and hit the finish line first. I just don't. Now, on the other hand, if Edwards tanks in South Carolina, he might reassess his battle plans - to a delegate hunt so he can be "The Decider" at the convention. At that point, assuming it gets to that point, both Obama and Clinton would need him.

I think he'd be terrific, myself. I have no dog in this hunt yet - still uncommitted, although I did get my dander up over how not just Obama and Edwards but seemingly everything else in the cosmos AND the media piled on Clinton. Couldn't help it. It brought out a fierce "Sense of the Sisterhood" in me. I've not committed to anybody, though. As far as Obama goes, I think he'd be great, too - a real breath of fresh air, and I keep going back to this feeling, about him, of "America's Face to the World" - his being a perfect one - maybe the best one - in terms of rehabilitation and healing of our battered reputation in the world. But whether it winds up being Hillary or Barack, hey, we're still winners in terms of "the first _____ president." EITHER WAY we win. First black president, first woman president. EITHER WAY, we will have given hope to the disenfranchised, that one among us in the "outside looking in" club finally broke the ultimate glass ceiling and got inside. Either way, we'll make history, and if it's one of the two of them, I hope the winner has the good sense to name Edwards as AG. We need someone like him to rehabilitate the Justice Department after that Beelzebub friend of bush, AND the prissy little holier-than-thou bedroom busybody who came before him. And I agree that he probably would be reluctant to accept another vice presidential slot. From the "been there, done that" department - probably wouldn't interest him this time.

We STILL have an embarrassment of riches on the Democratic side. The other guys have only a richness of embarrassment.