And then there were two…
Things have certainly changed in the last 24 hours. John McCain won Florida last night, with Mitt Romney a close second. Hillary Clinton also won Florida, but no delegates were rewarded since the state was penalized for moving its primary up by a week.
Today, both parties will be striped down to two front runners each, as Rudy Giulliani and John Edwards have both announced they are dropping out of the race. On the Democratic side, that leaves just Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama; on the Republican side, John McCain and Mitt Romney, and, to a lesser extent, Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul.
I’m sad to see Edwards go. He has a distinct voice, much like Dennis Kucinich, that is important at the debates and out on the campaign trail. He’s an advocate for the working class and a crusader for the poor. But ironically, as a white male, he was the minority. So history has already been made, as the Democratic party’s nominee will be either a woman or a black man.
Here’s hoping John Edwards throws his support behind Barack Obama. The Clintons had their chance.
I think The Onion sums up John Edwards the best:
Mysterious Traveler Entrances Town With Utopian Vision Of The Future