Letters to the Editor
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Why did Dodd, Biden, Richardson, Edwards drop out?
After all, look at all the voters they disenfranchised by dropping out before all of the votes were cast. Edwards could have easily waited around hoping Hillary and Obama's campaigns would implode. They dropped out because there came a time when the only way they could win was if the frontrunners imploded and they put the party above their own ego.
Hillary Clinton has come to this same juncture.
But she will not drop out, because somehow she owes it to future voters. Why didn't Biden, Dodd, Richardson and Edwards "owe it" to futures voters to stay in the race?
For any candidate, once it becomes clear that the only way to win is the total collapse of you opponent, they drop out. In 2004, Edwards dropped out of the race before Kerry had the necessary votes to win the nomination. Yet he did so because the only way he could win was if Kerry imploded. John Edwards could have brought up the fact that some questioned his purple hearts. His supporters could have walked around with purple band aids.
Had he taken that course, what do you suppose Edwards chances have been in 2008? Probably about the same as Hillary's chances in 2012.