Quote Originally Posted by Gandalf_The_Grey
I disagree. If the majority of Edwards supporters are secondary Hillary supporters, Ms. Sociopath just got a big boost in her votes.
Well, that's true. Votes for Edwards would have gone to someone else, so it matters. I'm just saying he never had a chance. Whether he dropped out now, waited to the end, or never got in in the first place makes no difference to whether HE would be the nominee. But every person in the race does shape it to some extent.

I'm not sure if supporters of Edwards will necessarily now support Clinton. Earlier today I saw some kind of statistic that seemed to say that 60% of Edwards supporters would probably lean towards Obama and 40% toward Clinton. I don't remember the source or the exact numbers, but it was probably somewhere on CNN.com. Anyway, I'm not sure how much I trust these kinds of hypotheticals anyway. We'll have to see how it shakes out.