Why were all of the other candidates pushed out of the race so soon if

[Miss_Underestimated]

the intent was for the frontrunner to not be chosen until the Convention? Sorry if this has been discussed before, I must have missed it. Surely it can't be profitable for the media to have this thing be 2-way for so long; I miss hearing Kucinich, and Edwards, and the rest of the gang.

[anonymous171]

1. Money. A lot of the candidates couldn't afford to self-finance.

Also MSM backing. Obama (until very recently) and Clinton had the MSM behind them. Edwards, Richardson, Kucinich, et al. didn't.

[Miss_Underestimated]

2. you'd think that maybe the corporate media would try to keep it more

interesting for their own gain; but I get what you mean

[AndyTiedye]

3. To Make Sure McCain Wins

[hokies4ever]

4. Money and putting the party before themselves

Two things that Hillary couldn't care less about.

[Breeze54]

5. They were pushed out , shut out and uninvited to the debates...

They were effectively silenced by the party and the M$M

and that's why they didn't have the campaign money!! :grr:

[SoCalDem]

6. Not pushed.. they jumped

Cannot raise money..must quit..It's just that simple.

Clinton ran out of money, but foolish people continued to loan her money so she's financed her "stalker-tour" with unpaid debts and loaned money..

She's a deficit-campaigner that only a guy like George Bush should love :puke:

[bowens43]

7. no one was pushed out

but they had the good sense to knopw whne they were defeated. Hilklary on the other hand isn't that bright. She's a few rocks shy of a full load.

[AllentownJake]

8. After

moving to Iowa for 12 months and campaigning every day and not even registering or netting one delegate in the caucuses they did what they had to do. They were hoping to catch fire somehow like Huckabee did on the GOP side. None of them did so they did what they had to do and drop out.

None of them were pushed out.

Edwards dropped out because he was coming in 3rd and if he stayed he would have handed the nomination to Hillary. If Obama was in 3rd at that time he would have dropped out also.

[cali]

9. what nonsense.

they couldn't raise money. they didn't attract enough supporters. That fucking everything is the evil MSM is hyperbole. You have to deal with the MSM and successfully negotiate it. Kucinich ran a truly terrible campaign, not bothering with IA. Edwards put all his eggs in the IA basket and failed. IA is the sine qua non of retail politics. There the MSM has less power than practically anyplace else, with the possible exception of NH. Edwards had plenty of money to compete there and help from 527s. He failed.