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John Edwards is the most progressive, populist, and viable candidate in the Dem field this year, so of course the liberal media hates him. From Glenn Greenwald:

Aside from the fact that these endless prediction games completely overwhelm any substantive discussions, their guesses -- which are really wishes -- are almost always dreadfully wrong and plainly designed to advance their concealed agenda for which candidates they like and dislike... Is there any distinction between what a "reporter" does and what a "pundit" does covering this campaign? There doesn't seem to be any.

As but one example, consider this new daily tracking poll today from Rasumussen Reports. At least according to this poll, it is true that there has been one candidate who has been genuinely surging in the last week or two among Democratic voters nationally -- John Edwards:


Edwards -- who, just one week ago, was 10 points behind Obama nationally among Democrats -- is now only two points behind him. Less than a month ago, he trailed Clinton by 29 points. Now it's 13 points. He is, by far, at his high point of support nationwide. Apparently, the more exposure Democratic voters get to Edwards and his campaign positions -- and that exposure has been at its high point during his surge -- the more they like him. By contrast, Obama is more or less at the same level of support nationally, even having decreased some since his Iowa win (for most of mid-December, he was at 27-28 points).

Yet to listen to media reports, Edwards doesn't even exist. His campaign is dead. He has no chance. They hate Edwards, hate his message, and thus rendered him invisible long ago, only now to declare him dead -- after he came in second place in the first caucus of the campaign.

[emphasis mine.]

New Hampshire isn't all it's cracked up to be, though doubtless another Obama win will give him some additional momentum. But the top 3 are too close, and each Dem's supporters too attached, to give up while they're still in the running.

I can't wait to see what will happen at our caucus February 9. In 2004 there were a lot of Dean, Kerry and Kucinich supporters (I got in a polite but pointed discussion with a whole-hearted "he's the most electable" Kerry supporter about Kerry's wet-blanket Brahman personality, and that a candidate who pulled his punches couldn't withstand the ravages of the GOP's scorched-earth campaign), but in the end only two of us in my precinct caucused for Edwards. He had campaigned mostly in the East and was an unknown quantity on the West Coast. I ended up throwing my support to Kucinich in the 2nd round so that the Kucinich supporters in my precinct could at least have a delegate at the state convention. Now, with hundreds of Edwards supporters that have declared themselves in Clark County, I wonder how many Edwards voters those supporters actually represent.

As for me, I don't think I'll have to give my vote away to anyone but Edwards in four weeks - I know he will make a strong showing. He will be my candidate until the DNC.