Obama, Hillary and….?
January 21st, 2007 at 01:43am Geraldine
In the aftermath of Hillary Clinton’s announcement that she’s running for President, there has been another avalanche of articles on the competition to be the Democratic nominee in 2008. However, they all seem to think that there are only two candidates running, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Every other candidate is almost totally neglected. There are obvious reasons to do this, Obama and Clinton are the two most well known candidates and it’s always easier to boil things down to two options but the problem is that it’s a year out. Already just about every different branch of the media, from a major newspaper to a major blog to the BBC is making this a two-horse race. One can imagine that John Edwards must be completely exasperated. First, in 2004, (as detailed in this subscription only New Republic article) he and his inner circle believe that Howard Dean’s scream kept him from getting any media attention for his strong second place finish in Iowa. Now, the media is ignoring him because he doesn’t fit the plotline of the Hillary vs. Obama competition. But Edwards comes off relatively lightly compared to Tom Vilsack who will be very surprised to discover that his wife is a newspaper columnist named Ann according to this article in The Observer. And as for Chris Dodd, Joe Biden and Bill Richardson (who is declaring his candidacy this morning on ABC’s This Week), the only way they can get any media attention right now is if they audition for American Idol. One hopes that this attempt to artificially narrow the field will not last long once the initial burst of attention for Clinton and Obama is past. Caucusgoers and primary voters deserve as many choices as possible and narrowing the field nearly a year before the first caucus is in no one’s interest.
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5 Comments Add your own
1. Rob Thompson | January 21st, 2007 at 2:35 am
In the latest Newsweek poll, John Edwards is the only Democrat leading both Rudy Giuliani and John McCain. Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama lead McCain (by a smaller margin than Edwards does) but both Clinton and Obama trail Giuliani.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16712630/site/newsweek/
2. noneed4thneed | January 21st, 2007 at 8:28 am
Lieberman and Gephardt were likely favorites at this point before the 2004 elections and it didn’t turn out so hot for them. Dean was way back. I could see Biden or Richardson jump into the top tier of candidates.
3. Mike | January 21st, 2007 at 12:57 pm
There’s no way Giuliani or McCain will win in Iowa. They’re too moderate for the nutcase Repub primary voters in Iowa. They should put Clinton and Obama and the rest against Romney, Brownback and Huckabee, and see what happens. It’s more likely than not.
4. Jordan | January 22nd, 2007 at 10:27 am
Dean got 3rd place, not a strong 2nd place in the caucus.
5. Rob Thompson | January 22nd, 2007 at 1:53 pm
I think she’s saying that Edwards got a strong 2nd in Iowa, but Dean’s scream kept him (Edwards) from getting much attention or momentum.
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