Friday, January 4th, 2008
Two
That’s the number of casualties of the Iowa caucus last night - about half of the number that Tim Russert predicted. Senators Joe Biden and Chris Dodd have officially ended their bids for the Democratic nomination for POTUS in 2008.
Although I have come out as an Edwards supporter, I must say that I am saddened that Biden and Dodd have dropped out. Biden has had some of the best one-liners in the debates (e.g., Rudy Giuliani only puts three things in a sentence - a noun, a verb and 9/11), and Dodd has been one of the best defenders of liberal principles of late - particularly on Kyl-Lieberman and FISA.
But, as sad as it is to see two good Democrats give up their campaigns for president, it was pretty much expected that some would drop out after Iowa, as part of the natural winnowing process of primary season.
