The Not Vote---the decider??

Since last night's class, I have done a lot of thinking about Joey's comment about who people are not voting for. While this concept should not have an influence in people voting preferences, it seems that not everyone in America votes based on merit. With Edwards leaving the race, this idea, in which people will vote for a candidate because they do not want to vote for the other candidate for superficial reasons of gender or race, receives new light. For the first time in the history of our country, the Democratic Presidential nominee will be a member of a minority group in our country. A female has as real shot at being President, and an African-American has a real shot at being President. It has been said that a majority of Edwards' votes has been because he is not Clinton. It is important to point out that he is also not Obama. So who will these votes go to on Super Tuesday and the rest of the primaries? The answer, presumably is a combination of sorts. Those who preferred Edwards for his positions on politics will have give their support to whichever candidate they align with better at this point. And, those who voted for Edwards for superficial reasons now have the decision to make about which Joey was talking. Let's hope that there are more people in the based on merit boat than the superficial one. It is amazing that this race still continues to get more interesting every day.