Democratic Strategist-Peter Fenn -"Expect Edwards To Go After Obama Hard Tonight" [View All]

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That makes sense... Hillary Clinton ,for better or worse, is the establishment candidate...She is this campaign's Walter Mondale...John Edwards and Barack Obama are the insurgent candidates...As "agents of change" they are competing for the same pool of voters...Attacking Hillary makes no sense for Edwards...Her supporters aren't going to go to him but if he attacks Obama , because they are both fighting for the same pool of voters, some of Obama's supporters may go to him...

If you look at the NH polls Hillary is holding steady, Obama is rising , and Edwards is declining:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/nh/new_hampshire_democratic_primary-194.html


We don't have much research to work with but the little research we do have suggests Obama is rising at John Edwards' expense...If Edwards completely fades Obama will win... If Edwards can remain viable he gives Hillary a shot...I expect to see this dynamic continue as long as Edwards continues or remains viable...

As I said yesterday John Edwards is Hillary Clinton's Praetorian Guard...