Okay ignore everything I said about John Edwards, because he dropped out of the race. I thought he'd at least wait until Super Tuesday and then offer his delegates up to somebody in exchange for a prominent role in the new administration rather than go back to his old job as a TV psychic, but I may have been because the media was salivating over the prospect of a brokered convention. The only real possibility of that happening was if Stephen Colbert had been able to run in South Carolina, since he said he would refuse to release his delegates until the convention, unless they allowed him to speak.
Nobody really knows who Edwards is going to support, but after a handful of states have voted, the race is down to two candidates on either side going into Super Tuesday. Mike Huckabee is still alive, but has not mounted a serious challenge since Iowa, so I assume he's going to run out of money and throw his support behind McCain at some point, along with the critical Chuck Norris endorsement he carries. So your choice, if you choose to caucus in Minnesota or vote in the Illinois Primary this Tuesday, has been slimmed down significantly to Barack vs Hillary, or McCain vs Romney.
Super Tuesday should be interesting as a couple things swung towards Obama, the first being Bill Clinton's continued presence in the headlines of his wife's campaign. Running down Obama created a racial schism in the Democratic party, and now he's jousting with hecklers, and generally looking like he's been sent out to win the nomination for his wife. Unfortunately now that Hulk Hogan has formally endorsed Senator Obama, that seems increasingly unlikely.
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