Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards is expected to drop out of the Democratic presidential race today -- not making it to the Super Tuesday primaries that include California's balloting. Media reports say Edwards will announce his withdrawal in a speech in New Orleans today, making the Democratic contest a two-person race.
Despite Edwards' best efforts, it has been mostly a battle between Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama since the voting began in Iowa. Clinton and Obama now head for Super Tuesday.
Edwards had hoped to restart his populist campaign in South Carolina on Saturday, but he failed to gain his support of four years ago in the state where he was born. Obama won South Carolina and Edwards was third. Press reports indicate Edwards will not immediately endorse either Obama or Clinton.
The Bee's editorial board supported Edwards and we'll now consider the remaining candidates in the Democratic race. It's disappointing that Edwards did not make it to California and voters here will not have a chance to vote for him. Actually, because of early voting in California, some have already voted for him, but those votes now will be meaningless.
But that's the system. Several candidates in the Republican and Democratic races pulled out before their campaigns got to the nation's most populous state.
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