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A very informative and eye-opening breakdown .

Interesting stuff.

Thom Hartmann is on air now talking about how the GOP for Hillary movement has hit a snag. For those who don't know, Rush Limbaugh called on Texas Republicans to vote for Sen. Clinton; he argued that Sen. McCain had the GOP nomination locked up (true) and that this move would at best block Sen. Obama's momentum, at worst keep the Democratic Primaries going. What Limbaugh neglected to tell his listeners is that if Republicans decided to vote for Sen. Clinton, they would not be able to vote for their party in anything else because they would be using Democratic Primary ballots. So, while they may have contributed to Sen. Clinton's primary victory, those Republicans who followed Limbaugh's advice lost the opportunity to vote for other Republicans for things like State Senate.

I think John Edwards has a message that many voters want to hear, but when it comes to comparing himself to his fellow Democratic candidates, he needs better talking points Thom Hartmann had a Congressman who's supporting Edwards on his show today and asked him the difference between Edwards and Dennis Kucinich (who also has a progressive-populist message). The Congressman said (and I'm paraphrasing because this just happened), " You need to look at "presentability," you need to look at the voting record and you need to look at electability. Dennis Kucinich can't get elected. John Edwards can ." Now, if the "I'm more electable" argument is the strongest thing Edwards has, I feel sorry for him. It's almost like saying "I'm more photogenic" or "I'm more well-known." I'm sure there are other differences, and if Edwards is smart he'll rehearse some of them the next time someone asks this question.