Did Obama attack Edwards because of polling showing Edwards' strength against Republicans?

[Karmadillo]

http://www.taylormarsh.com/archives_view.php?id=26682

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So the polls that do show Edwards leading all the Republican hopefuls don't do him much good today. To most Democrats, he's damaged goods. He went negative once too often and doesn't have a real campaign beyond Iowa. In New Hampshire he hardly breaks double digits. His national Democratic support is weak.

But it's clear that the polling has made at least one person nervous: Barack Obama. That's because Edwards could win Iowa, which would be really bad news for Barack. That's likely why Obama dropped oppo research on Edwards yesterday. An update by Jake Tapper offers this beauty: The Obama campaign says this document came because a local union requested information on the differences between him and his opponents.

Again with blaming someone other than the candidate himself. The local union made him dump oppo on Edwards. Uh-huh. And Robert Novak made him parrot that traitorous gasbag.

The poll numbers for Edwards in this particular poll are good news. They'd matter if Edwards hadn't sabotaged his own campaign. Democrats nationally still prefer Clinton.

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[MadBadger]

1. Why am I not shocked to see Marsh attacking Obama

[babylonsister]

4. And Edwards; she got a two-fer today. nt

[Adelante]

2. The oppo was leaked to Tapper by someone

I've seen nothing that says the Obama campaign sent it to Tapper.

In addition, any DUer could have found that information in five minutes. It's Edwards' public record. If anyone finds that scandalous, tell Edwards.

[alfredo]

3. No, he just likes to slap him every now and then to show he cares.

[waiting for hope]

5. Really?

"To most Democrats, he's damaged goods." - that is clearly a biased opinion.

[maximusveritas]

6. So stupid

Campaigns are releasing opposition memos like this all the time. This one happened to get leaked.
And the polls have always shown Edwards doing well against Republicans.

She makes no sense at all, as usual.