That's what I love about it. People can say its just "wishful thinking" but from what the competition has said privately, we know it's more than that. You can act like Obama and Hillary don't worry about Edwards, but you certainly wouldn't be correct. They have even admitted that he is a master orator, and his skills as a trial lawyer(and I say that with the utmost praise) are legendary. That's not something they take for granted, though they might publicly ridicule it, as Clinton does.

But there's proof; I have mentioned this before, but I'm going to show this again:

http://johnedwards.com/...

Many have come to similar conclusions. Doug Schoen, until recently the partner of Clinton Master Strategist Mark Penn, concludes that Edwards would be the strongest general election candidate: "First, one naturally points to Edwards' southern roots. Since John F. Kennedy's victory in 1960, the only Democrats to win the Presidency were southern Democrats Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. Second, Edwards--despite his current left wing rhetorical appeal--is actually perceived as more conservative than either Clinton or Obama. Overall, 44% perceive Edwards as liberal in comparison to 51% who perceive Obama as liberal and 57% who see Clinton in this way. By contrast, 13% characterize Edwards as conservative, compared to 8% who see Clinton and Obama in this way. Finally, Edwards at this point demonstrates the greatest appeal to Independents beating Giuliani by 13%. Obama wins Independents by 5% and Clinton wins them by 3% against Giuliani."

That makes it a little harder for HRC supporters to par off Edward's electability, which is far better than hers. So no matter what they say, the other campaigns do have Edwards to contend with, and they have all admitted that privately.