A and B are possibilities but there’s also C: Fear of admitting that he had made a mistake.

Yes–and that’s a good way of encapsulating what I’m trying to say: fear of appearing (from perspectives of both hard left and right) to have made a mistake, he wound up … appearing, from both moderate left, middle, moderate and hard right, to have made a huge mistake. Also typical of politicians, I guess.

That said, we’re so very early on in the process, I have to wonder if this incident will make any particular difference by primary time. Fascinating drama though. Well, sort of fascinating. Pro-wrestling fascinating.

Wake me a month before the general election and I’ll make a long list of why both major parties’ candidates suck. My list won’t contain anything about who hired or fired who.

You know, every time you cough, you’re risking the Edwards campaign.