Let's say, hypothetically, that Hillary Clinton keeps lucking out, that Obama keeps slipping into rotten news cycles and scandals, and that the two candidates keep knocking coats of paint off each other as they head into the summer? Wither the Democrats?
In deep waste material? Up creek, padle-less?
Of course not. Salvation is out there, says an e-mailer to Jerid of Buckeye State Blog.
"...got a phonebank from john edwards' supporters last night. they are telling people that a vote for edwards will still count and he will get delegates if he pulls 5% in ohio. that would, they say, give him more bargaining power at the convention."
This is not actually true. He would need 15 percent in at least one congressional district to get any delegates; more likely than not this is some trick to cut Clinton or Obama's vote totals in central Ohio.
But there is a Draft Edwards movement, and this one has scored an awesome 100* signatures for the cause of injecting him back into the race. The Draft Edwards website proudly proclaims:
Never before in the history of the United States of America has this country needed a hero as much as one is needed today. Never before in the history of the United States of America has this country had more need of a leader who cared, not just about himself, not just about some of the people, but about all of the people and all of the World. This country has such a man. A man of wisdom. A man of character. A man of integrity. A man of honor. A man of experience. A man of compassion. A man of valor. A man of courage.
This man's name is John Reid Edwards!
He is a man who has dedicated his life to the protection of the victims of Corporate greed. He is a man who has served all of the people, not just the elite. He is a man who understands that prosperity for all the people serves all of the people, including the elite. He is a man who can return us to the reality of the American Dream.
This is our mission! This is our goal! To make John Reid Edwards the next President of the United States of America in 2008, in order to protect and preserve the Constitution and to return this country to the people for whom it was formed by our forefathers.
We ask you to help us in this mission, so desperately needed in these, the worst of times this country has ever endured.
We ask you to sign a Petition to Draft John Reid Edwards and his Party Platform that we may present it at the National Democratic Convention in Denver, Colorado this 2008.
Try not to laugh. This is at least as plausible as John Derbyshire's Al Gore scenario--probably much more so. Atleast, actual Democrats are involved in this one.
*-Up to an astounding 107 signatures when I checked.