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::::Actually, I think you misunderstand me.  I don't believe that Edwards was 'the pick', but based on his popularity (which was just a bit behind Biden's I believe - with no one else underneath being close) he was one of the possibilities.  Obama knows he has the advantages this election and as long as he doesn't make a blunder, McCain will be hard pressed to take the election from him.  Indeed, with McCain's current slim lead, he holds it because independents are favoring him rather strongly.  If the independent vote was even, the greater number of Democrats vs. Republicans would give Obama an edge that would be next to impossible to overcome.  As a candidate who has the advantage, Obama would pick, within reason, the candidate his followers want to help to energize them and, most importantly, keep them.  Did anyone apart from the press seriously believe he was going to choose someone with a single digit following among his party?  That's only done if the candidate feels they're at a disadvantage and will lose if they don't shake things up.  That wasn't Obama's position. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 18:06, 10 September 2008 (EDT)

::::Actually, I think you misunderstand me.  I don't believe that Edwards was 'the pick', but based on his popularity (which was just a bit behind Biden's I believe - with no one else underneath being close) he was one of the possibilities.  Obama knows he has the advantages this election and as long as he doesn't make a blunder, McCain will be hard pressed to take the election from him.  Indeed, with McCain's current slim lead, he holds it because independents are favoring him rather strongly.  If the independent vote was even, the greater number of Democrats vs. Republicans would give Obama an edge that would be next to impossible to overcome.  As a candidate who has the advantage, Obama would pick, within reason, the candidate his followers want to help to energize them and, most importantly, keep them.  Did anyone apart from the press seriously believe he was going to choose someone with a single digit following among his party?  That's only done if the candidate feels they're at a disadvantage and will lose if they don't shake things up.  That wasn't Obama's position. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 18:06, 10 September 2008 (EDT)