John Edwards se va

Associated Press informa que el Senador John Edwards anunciará este mediodía que se va. Lo hará en New Orleans, el mismo lugar donde hace un año dio comienzo a su campaña con un discurso centrado en la guerra contra la pobreza. El ex Senador por Carolina del Norte no ha estado a la altura de las expectativas creadas después de su prometedor papel en las primarias demócratas de 2004. El glamour de las "celebridades" -Hillary y Obama- ha eclipsado la fuerza de su discurso populista, y ha convertido para él en misión imposible atraer a su causa la atención del ala izquierda del Partido Demócrata. No está previsto que el ya ex-candidato declare su apoyo a ninguno de sus dos rivales. De momento. Sus seguidores parecen divididos sobre a quién apoyar, aunque dicen favorecer ligeramente a Hillary. John Edwards to quit presidential race

(...) Democrat John Edwards is exiting the presidential race Wednesday, ending a scrappy underdog bid in which he steered his rivals toward progressive ideals while grappling with family hardship that roused voters' sympathies, The Associated Press has learned.

The two-time White House candidate notified a close circle of senior advisers that he planned to make the announcement at a 1 p.m. EST event in New Orleans that had been billed as a speech on poverty, according to two aides. The decision came after Edwards lost the four states to hold nominating contests so far to rivals who stole the spotlight from the beginning — Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.

The former North Carolina senator will not immediately endorse either candidate in what is now a two-person race for the Democratic nomination, said one adviser, who spoke on condition of anonymity in advance of the announcement. Clinton said Edwards called her Wednesday night to inform her about his decision.

Four in 10 Edwards supporters said their second choice in the race is Clinton, while a quarter prefer Obama, according to an Associated Press-Yahoo poll conducted late this month. Both Clinton and Obama would welcome Edwards' backing and the support of the 56 delegates he had collected. (...)