We've analyzed the Edwards campaign a few times here, recently guessing that he may be finished -- see Who's Number 2?. Here's an excellent comment left on one of our comments pages that nails the Edwards problem, and reprint what Jeff had to say:
I thought Edwards was the guy to watch earlier as well. Because he is from the South; because he can claim to be a moderate(despite his actual voting record); because of his reputation as this multi-million dollar award pied piper, velvet-tongued, Svengali trial attorney; because he is tall without any major appearance flaws, and because he has supported the very just war on terrorism, I thought he could pull ahead in the rest of the country once we they got to some of the red states. Now after seeing him in several interviews, newsclips, & debates, I think he is just an empty suit. His responses to questions are weak and usually meaningless, and his attempts to stand out in the debates were "full of sound and fury signifying nothing". His feigned outrage at Dean's Confederate flag quote got everyone to look at him and then he failed to finish with a point. His interviews show him just agreeing with softball questions and avoiding difficult answers. Edwards will go nowwhere with Clark(although I think he is an empty uniform) as a Red State alternative to Dean. I just wonder where they dug up those juries that made Edwards so rich.
