As someone who has been struggling to choose between Dennis Kucinich and John Edwards, I'd like to know who Kucinich supporters would back if Kucinich were to drop out of the race.
I'm torn.
I like most of what John Edwards is talking about and I agree with him on most issues. However, the fact that he wrongly voted for the war in Iraq in 2002 still bothers me.
Throughout the build up towards our invasion of Iraq, it was obvious to me that the decision to attack was made before the Bush propaganda blitz even began. After all, the administration kept demanding that Iraq prove that they had no weapons of mass destruction.
How could anyone have expected Iraq to "prove" a negative?
In matters of such great importance, I want a leader who has the judgment to get things right the first time.
Also, while I agree with what Edwards has been saying about corporate interests having undue influence on politicians and policy (and I do appreciate his pledge to not accept money from Washington lobbyists), I am disappointed that he hasn't been more up front about the fact that not taking money from Washington lobbyists doesn't mean that he hasn't been forced to take money from special interests via bundlers and the like.
I'm also disappointed that Edwards hasn't come out in favor of impeachment proceedings like Kucinich has done.
That said, I strongly prefer either of these two candidates over the rest of the Democratic field. I want to vote for Kucinich but I'm concerned that by doing so I'll only be helping to nominate someone other than Kucinich or Edwards.
Since Edwards has what I perceive to be a better managed campaign with better financing and since he is doing much better in the polls, I've been leaning towards supporting him.
That said, I really want to vote for Kucinich since I agree with almost all of his positions and he has been right on most of these positions from the get go. It's just that I would hate to have my vote for Kucinich result in both Kucinich and Edwards coming up short.
So... I'm wondering who Kucinich backers would support if Kucinich comes up short. I'm guessing that the support would go mostly to John Edwards with most of the remaining support going to Obama.