Check This: Did Edwards Benefit From Second Choice-Syndrome?
Since the dawn of time—okay, since the dawn of this campaign which is practically the same thing, we've been trained to expect the big Hillary/Obama showdown. This neck-and-neck binary has spawned a lot of passionate supporters—as well as just as fervent detractors.
For voters heading into the caucuses supporting a candidate who would be proven "unviable," (R.I.P, Chris Dodd, Joe Biden,) and forced to reassign their votes--did Edwards reap his second-place victory as a second-choice candidate?
Apparently, yes, for many Iowans stuck between Barack and a Hard Place, the choice was John Edwards.
