If the media had not shielded Edwards from exposure in his adulterous affair (which ended this spring), he would not have had a successful showing in a 3-way race with Hillary and Obama. The election may have turned out differently.
The 2006 election was about a “culture of corruption” that amounted to partisan “show trials” of Republicans (that didn’t pan out) and some sexual scandals. Those same “corruptions” exist today in Pelosi’s congress and in the presidential primaries but the media didn’t use that card this time.
If he had bowed out earlier, Clinton would have won the nomination. Today would not have even been close. 500 EC votes for Hillary. We got the candidate we wanted. At least this will be close....I hope.
It will be fun to remember when Obama cuts military spending, pulls out of Iraq, capitulates with Iran and the PLO, increases taxes, spreads wealth and implements unreversable social programs, strengthens organized labor, exempts broadcasting from 1st Ammendment protection, and appoints justices to watch over, strengthen and protect Roe V Wade for the next three decades, that John Edwards' candidacy's main effect was to take votes away from Hillary Clinton and ensure Obama's nomination.