Reply #47: I don't know how to make it any plainer to you. There are voters [View All]

[Cleita]

out there who are Independents, moderate Democrats and disgruntled Republicans who will vote for either McCain or Edwards but won't vote for Hillary or Obama. If McCain isn't running against Hillary or Obama, they will stay at home. If Edwards is running against any Republican including McCain, they will vote for Ewards. So McCain will beat Obama and Hillary with that swing vote. Only Edwards can beat McCain. I hope I'm wrong, but there is a stubborn faction of Americans who do vote against their own best interests and who were able to sway our broken election system to give us eight years of Bush. They could give us McCain in November if we don't win that vote from them with someone they perceive as being one of their own, whom they will go out and vote for instead of staying at home or voting for McCain.