So Many Campaigns, So Early, So Few Dollars

And so it comes out that the Edwards campaign seems to have come up short on the dollar front. This at a time when Barak Obama has been hauling in record sums for a Democratic Party candidate. Tale of two campaigns? Not really. more of a tale of how this whole run for the nomination will unfold. One that has had the earliest start ever and is a very crowded field. While Edwards money problems shouldn't be a surprise, Obama will likely find that his fiscal good fortune may well keep him in the race but each are going to have the same result. Neither

Edwards Says Votes Count, Not Money - The Huffington Post

candidate is likely to be able to grow from their core support. Whatever it's strength and loyalty growth is not to be had. The same applies to the frontrunner, HRC. In fact she is the most glaring example of the problem facing the Democratic seekers. A strong base, but a divisive candidate-- and one, her detractors claim, is a unifying rally point for the GOP. That pretty much means that while her support is strong she cannot convince those who aren't with her now

to come across and change their support for her.

A stalemate in support exists. One that all the Donkey kissing in the worldwon't change. Which suggests that perhaps the eventual winner of this race isn't even in it yet.

This race needs a candidate that can break the deadlock that exists. Fortunately there are a couple waiting in the wings. Both Wes Clark and Al Gore posess the ability to pry support from other camps. Either, or both, are needed in this race. Soon.