Edwards and Guiliani to Drop Out

Two presidential candidates have dropped out.
On the Democratic side, John Edwards, the former senator out of south Carolina, is reportedly calling it quits after constantly coming in third place in the primaries.

Republican Rudolph Guiliani, the former New York mayor, has endorsed John McCain, the senator out of Arizona.

First, the standings:

DEMOCRATIC: 2,025 (win-loss; percentage, number of delegates won)
Clinton 4-2, .666, 232
Obama 2-4, .333, 158
Edwards 0-6, .000, 62*
Gravel 0-6, .000, 0

REPUBLICAN, 1,191
McCain 3-4, .428, 97
Romney 3-4, .428, 74
Huckabee 1-6, .142, 29
Paul, 0-7, .000, 6
Guiliani 0-7, .000, 2*

*Edwards and Guiliani are expected to drop out of the race for president January 30, 2008.

The presidential race- especially in the Democratic race- has gotten a lot more interesting. John Edwards' delegate votes are up for grabs. There are only two- actually, three, but Mike Gravel's not being taken seriously- and this fight will get a lot bloodier leading up to the Democratic National convention on August 25-28 in Denver. But by this spring and summer, there will only be one standing. On the Republican side, McCain's win in Florida- and Guiliani's endorsement- has him above Willard 'Mitt' Romney, but it still looks to be a close case of fisticuffs- and perhaps a bloodbath- as the Republican National Convention gets closer. The GOP has its' convention on September 1-4 in St. Paul.

Can McCain hold his lead as he heads into Maine- and more important, Super Tuesday, February 5?

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