Burnt Orange Report

John Edwards Enters the Blogosphere

By Byron LaMasters

Well, John Edwards has finally joined the dance, via Political Wire. Kos likes it, so it can't be all bad, but it's pretty late. I'm surprised that a candidate like Edwards who presents himself as a younger, hipper, outsider type didn't go after the techy, younger internet crowd vote that has gone mostly to Dean so far. Edwards' profile would make him a natural fit for those voters, but he's alienated much of the early online support that he had by having a top-heavy campaign staff (see #'s 1 & 4 of preceding link) that generally ignored the grassroots. It's hurting him now. Regardless, I'm adding the link to my "Presidential Blogs" on my blogroll here. We'll see how he does. The only chance that I see for Edwards is if he is able to force Lieberman and Graham out of the race early because of money, and that Clark does not run. If all that happens, then there's a chance that if Edwards is able to get his message out, that he could build up a southern firewall to the Dean juggernaut (Edwards does have a statistically insignificant lead in the latest Zogby South Carolina poll). Beyond that, I see little hope for Edwards, and I'll join Monkey Time in thinking that Edwards will be out by the end of the year.