Does Edwards drop out if he gets swept in all 10 states?

[ringmastery]

How many states does he have to win to keep going?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

1. If he gets swept, I imagine money becomes the ruling factor then.

[kichigai usagi]

2. I hope he stays in...

if he drops out, then i will have no choice but to vote for Kerry when my state get's it's turn on April 4th. Big deal, so i can chose to vote for the almost anointed Kerry or select from what ever is still on the card, that's not much of a choice for me. As long as his name is on the ballot, i will still cast my vote for Howard Dean, a true outsider that can bring new life to the party rather than very old MONEY. At least we will have some say about the platform at the convention and have a good number of delegates to push the cause forward.

[newyawker99]

3. Hi kichigai usagi!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[sleipnir]

4. Yes, he's going to be out in under 12 hours

That's my prediction.

[Renew Deal]

5. He has to win 5-8.

Including NY and Cali. Otherwise, he is cooked.

[FDRrocks]

6. CNN said

he already released a travel schedule for the southern states voting next week. He also said he wasn't going to drop out whatever the results are.

[DjTj]

7. Louisiana and Texas tomorrow...

Florida and Mississippi on Thursday, and back in Florida on Friday.

[jsw_81]

9. Actually, those races are next week

I believe it's known as Southern Tuesday.

[Dookus]

8. Nonetheless

if he gets 10 more losses today, he'll drop out.

[Nicholas_J]

10. Well, now the party leadership

Is finally pressuring him to do so, as if he stays in the race after it is fairly clear thatr he will not get the nomination, much money will have to be spent in a primary campaign that oculd be better used in for the General Election campaign.

Calls mount for Edwards to win today or bow out
By Raja Mishra, Globe Staff, 3/2/2004

TOLEDO -- Underdog presidential contender John Edwards enters today's massive Super Tuesday contests facing electoral odds so daunting that even some of his own supporters concede he is in deep trouble if he doesn't win one or more state primaries.



Edwards held a series of underwhelming rallies in Ohio yesterday, ending his visit there in the lobby of a municipal Cleveland airport, where fewer than 100 people turned up, his smallest crowd this year. Babies cried and listeners clapped politely as Edwards hurried though his stump speech. All day, the normally unflappable Southern politician seemed listless and distracted.

Polls in each of the 10 states voting today showed him trailing Senator John F. Kerry. Edwards already has made plans to take his campaign to states that vote a week from today -- Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Florida -- but many on his staff view those plans as tentative at best.

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/edwards/articles/2004/03/02/calls_mount_for_edwards_to_win_today_or_bow_out/