Obama the beneficiary of Edwards dropping out

[cali]

Andrew Kohut of the Pew Foundation just said on "All things considered" that it's clear that Obama has benefited from Edwards leaving the race- considerably. He said it's not only reflected in the Pew poll but also in Gallup and CBS.

[Guava Jelly]

1. He got me after Edwards dropped out

I would rather vote Edwards..
But alas I am voting Obama

[Blue_In_AK]

2. I'm still not convinced. n/t

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. Strange that Hillary still leads in the polls by wide margins.

[cali]

4. not really. According to Kohut Obama's gained 7 points since

Edwards dropped out and he had a lot of ground to make up. In addition, most national polls now show him no more than a few points back and most state polls in CA show him very close. Andrew Kohut is the only pollster I respect, so if he says it, I'm putting some stock in it.

[Tarheel_Dem]

10. yeah, but you have to pick through quite a few polls to come to that conclusion

[The_Casual_Observer]

12. The polls have never been this favorable to Clinton during the

primaries yet she's aways behind by 10 by now. It could be a bad day for Obama.

[Tarheel_Dem]

18. could be.....we'll see (eom)

[Shine]

5. Well, he hasn't gotten me yet.

Edwards is still on my ballot and he's already gotten my vote. The primaries are for voting one's CONSCIENCE. I will, however, stand behind whoever gets the Dem nomination in the GE.

[newmajority]

6. So does that mean that Hillbots are behind the "Vote for Edwards anyway" threads?

One such person has blown their cover twice already.

[jackson_dem]

7. The swiftboating of Edwards paid off then

[cali]

8. ridiculous. are you actually suggesting that Obama

swift boated Edwards? Shame on you.

[jackson_dem]

9. His cronies in the blogosphere did

[cali]

11. and that has zip to do with Edward performance in the primaries

or his dropping out even if it is true- something I see NO evidence for. Edwards was the favorite in the lefty blogosphere.

Edwards put all his eggs into the Iowa basket and it didn't work.

[jackson_dem]

15. The blogosphere was divided

It wasn't supporting Edwards the same way it supported Dean. The swiftboating of Edwards was critical in ensuring a 40/30 kind of split. Edwards lost Iowa because he was outspent 6-to-1. Who knows what would have happened if he weren't swiftboated and had more netroots support and hence more funding. He likely would have still lost but we will never know for certain. What we do know for sure is it was Obamites who swiftboated Edwards in the blogosphere. It wasn't Hillarites. It wasn't Biden, Kucinich, or Dodd supporters. It was Obamites. No Edwardian should ever forget this.

[karynnj]

13. There was NO swiftboating of Edwards

NONE NADA

The hair, the house and the hedge fund were not swiftboating - nor were the many shifts from his Senate record.

What do you think he was "swiftboated" on.

[jackson_dem]

14. Bob is that you? I was wondering what you were doing these days

[karynnj]

16. Bob who?

I think my first name is pretty obvious.

[Raine]

17. I went to Obama after Edwards

dropped out.