Here are three major reasons why Edwards didn't make it to the finish line.

1. Most people don't obsess about politics and seek out everything they can find, so when they didn't see as much about Edwards (and the other five) as Clinton/Obama, they figured he wasn't important. (This shows how powerful our corporate-owned media is.)

2. Those who want their candidate to agree with them on everything from the beginning saw that Edwards had voted for the war and bankruptcy bill and some other things they disliked, and they crossed him off. That he had grown and changed his positions and apologized didn't matter.

3. Lots of people wanted to be able to say they helped bring about the historic moment when the first African American or woman was elected president. Taking back America from the corporations, lifting people from poverty, and giving everyone affordable health care somehow didn't have the same appeal. I guess I can understand that. We are in such a dismal situation right now after two terms under Bush that everyone is yearning for something really thrilling. I hope we get that and then start working on achieving the goals John Edwards set for us.