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As the first campaign since 1952 that boasts no incumbent president or vice president, this election is a Rubik's Cube of candidates and issues. Iran is receding. Stem-cell research, once thought to be a potent issue for Democrats, has been neutralized politically by a medical breakthrough. Iraq is receding, but certain to reassert itself, probably in the form of Bush's withdrawing some troops to protect the prospects of Republicans. Immigration will remain an ugly evergreen. And, of course, there's always the chance of another October Surprise of some kind to scramble the race—in March or May or whenever we least expect it.

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  • Posted By: votenic @ 12/12/2007 6:04:16 PM

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  • Posted By: Kate16 @ 12/10/2007 7:33:16 PM

    The subtitle for this column is misleading. It is not Edwards and Clinton who are and will be slugging it out for the next few weeks, it is Obama and Clinton. Edwards is actually presenting a positive message of change -- expressing the need so many Americans feel to take our country back and restore our democracy to a place where "we the people" rule and government is no longer "of the corporations, by the corporations, and for the corporations."

  • Posted By: commonsenseparty @ 12/10/2007 6:26:44 PM

    I have to say it may hurt Edwards that he has continued his quest for the White House even as his wife fights a losing battle with cancer. The fact that they have two young children at home compounds the problem. It makes him come across as some overly ambitious, callous politician, even with his wife trying to reassure people that everything's just fine and she's delighted to be campaigning again.

    I know this seems trivial, but it's impressions that win elections.

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