This Is the Race that Never Ends

It goes on and on my friends...I know I'm not the only one that remembers the "Song that Never Ends" right? At first it is a fun jingle but very quickly it turns into a frustrating song with the same words over and over again and you just end up wishing the person/people singing would stop. Well this race is beginning to feel like that. Clinton announced yesterday that she will stay in the race until the Democratic Convention in July. Another 3 or 4 months of the same recycled arguments and discussions on TV and all over the blogs. This Democratic primary has been going on/covered for too long and I just wish it would end. Though I support Obama, frankly there is part of me that just wants whoever the Democratic nominee will be to get the nomination already so we can move on. The campaign coverage has been going on for over a year and I, among others, are getting bored. Can we just choose a nominee and move on to actually getting a Democrat elected to the White House? I know that this view is not what the primary, or even Democracy, should be about but so be it. After all, this is the song that never ends

Edwards is out. Who benefits?

This morning Democratic Presidential Candidate John Edwards dropped out of the race. Edwards, who failed to win a primary and finished third in his home state of South Carolina never really gained much traction. The real question is, where do his votes go?
Some argue that Edwards represented the anti-Hillary vote and therefore a lot of his votes will go to Obama. Others believe that Edwards was splitting the white votes with Clinton and with him out, Hillary picks up a solid block of votes. His votes will probably split between those two (though I'm sure that pollsters could breakdown by state and Congressional district what this does) and therefore they become moot.
If this race remains undecided by the convention an Edwards endorsement could be the deciding facotr in the race. Thus making him the kingmaker for the Democrats. If Edwards endorses the eventual winner he will probably be the next Attorney General.
The Politico has a good port-mortem of the Edwards campaign.