WHO IS SHOVING THE CANDIDATES OUT?

[kimmerspixelated]

Is anyone else a little disturbed by the fact that we now have/had two viable(in that they weren't really in any trouble) candidates that are expressing their departures as "suspended"?? They were obviously pushed out... by someone or something. I don't believe for a minute that it was really their idea, to begin with. Now when Richardson and Biden dropped out, did they say,"suspended?"...I don't believe they did. I could be wrong.

Maybe it's nice to have Mittens out. But I still think what happened with Edwards was just wrong! And I can't shake the feeling that it was natural or "nice", or something that was already in the making.

Mittens looked upset. Who is shoving them out?!

Do you believe it is the selectors trying to level the playing field?

[goodgd_yall]

1. They weren't viable candidates.

Did you really want to see Edwards go broke pursuing a unrealistic bid for the White House. Romney just saw the writing on the wall. He's bucking for a place on the ticket or in the cabinet most likely. Probably Edwards too.

[kimmerspixelated]

4. I didn't think Edwards was doing that bad monetarily.

I still think something is terribly wrong with the picture.

[Cooley Hurd]

2. Romney was the BFEE's favorite candidate (after Fredo Thompson's implosion)...

Remember that Mittens made his "It's ok that I'm a Mormon" speech at Poppy's prez library. The BFEE is frightened by a McCain or an Obama presidency, because they MIGHT actually LOOK for the buried bodies...

[kimmerspixelated]

3. I don't know.

I think McCain may have gone to the dark side . There could be Bush ties.

[Virginia Dare]

17. Yes, somebody posted a list of his advisors..

they were all current/former Poppy Bush minions.

[TwilightGardener]

5. Yeah, you know that McCain is a principled "maverick"--thanks for

repeating that fraudulent BS. :puke:

[Cooley Hurd]

7. I never said McCain is "principled..."

...but he's not completely in the BFEE fold like Mittens (and Fredo) were.

[TwilightGardener]

8. Of course he is. He's a neocon. He sucked Bush's dick. You've GOT to be kidding me.

[Cooley Hurd]

11. I'm not going to waste a minute defending McCain...

...however, he, at the very least, INITIALLY bucked the chimp on tax cuts. That doesn't illustrate to me a dick-sucking neocon - it shows me that he's a short-term political opportunist, NOT unlike a certain Democratic super-couple...;)

[TwilightGardener]

12. A neocon is anyone who believes in what we're doing in Iraq and the Middle East.

It could be either a Repub or a Dem (Lieberman). He opposed the tax cuts to be a "maverick", now he embraces them--some DUers point to the initial opposition and admire it as "independence", and now he gets to tell conservatives that he changed his mind--I guess his tactic worked--he got maximum payoff.

[Danger Mouse]

13. McCain is just as much a crook now as Bush or Romney.

He won't LOOK for buried bodies, he'll just bury more.

[Samantha]

6. That was the first thing I thought when I heard Romney's speech

The Establishment on both sides are "managing" these campaigns. Isn't it odd they are even on the same schedule.

Once a person has cycled through a few of these elections, the same pattern emerges (and right on time). The bottom line on both side of the aisle is this: here are the candidates we have allowed to be in this race. We give you the opportunity to vote for the one you prefer. And that's exactly why if the Democratic party takes it a step further and narrows the field by one in and by itself, it will splinter the party for a long time to come. People have had enough of this ....

[RockyTorres]

9. Story could have some weight

[Bucky]

10. Ddi you know that right before Romney *and* Edwards dropped out, each was visited by Tom Cruise?

Now I just found out that Cruise phoned Richardson two days before he dropped out of the race.

Coincidence? Probably. But still, it makes one think....

[bigwillq]

14. The GOP wants a united party

The other GOP contenders have an uphill climb so I feel the GOP is trying to have people rally around McCain. He WAS tying to make nice with the conservatives today. Not a bad plan, imo.

If it weren't so close on our side, I would say we should do the same thing.

[Xithras]

15. Mittens no longer had any real chance to win.

With the number of delegates cast, he would have had to sweep every remaining primary to beat McCain. Since several of those remaining states poll very heavily in McCains favor, there was no real hope of him sweeping.

Mittens realized that it was pointless to keep the campaign going when it was no longer mathematically possible to win.

[johnnydrama]

16. no

I don't really think it's any of that.

I just think they are giving themselves an opening in the 99.9999% chance something weird happens.

And it might even be something you have to say legally or financially.