Reply #16: You May Be Right

[iamjoy]

People who don't like Hillary already think she's conniving, this doesn't shock anyone that she would do it.

On the other hand, although I believe Edwards has been shedding his Mr. Congeniality candidate image, some people still expect more of him. OTOH, since he is already down in the polls, he has less to "lose." In the end, I don't think this will be significant to his candidacy.

As for Obama, if he handles this right, he may come out ahead from it. He is being good not to jump on this and release a statement, that would make him look like an opportunist. However, if/when asked his thoughts he must answer carefully. It would be awful for him to make a statement against limiting debates and then have some one drag up a contradictory quote. If he does support smaller debates, he will have to put it in such a way as to not sound like he's in favor of limiting democracy.