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So the polls that do show Edwards leading all the Republican hopefuls don't do him much good today. To most Democrats, he's damaged goods. He went negative once too often and doesn't have a real campaign beyond Iowa. In New Hampshire he hardly breaks double digits. His national Democratic support is weak.
But it's clear that the polling has made at least one person nervous: Barack Obama. That's because Edwards could win Iowa, which would be really bad news for Barack. That's likely why Obama dropped oppo research on Edwards yesterday. An update by Jake Tapper offers this beauty: The Obama campaign says this document came because a local union requested information on the differences between him and his opponents.
Again with blaming someone other than the candidate himself. The local union made him dump oppo on Edwards. Uh-huh. And Robert Novak made him parrot that traitorous gasbag.
The poll numbers for Edwards in this particular poll are good news. They'd matter if Edwards hadn't sabotaged his own campaign. Democrats nationally still prefer Clinton.
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