Will endorsements from prominent lefties help or hurt John Edwards in Iowa?
On his Trail Mix blog, Winston-Salem Journal reporter James Romoser points out that Dennis Kucinich has urged his supporters to vote for Barack Obama as a second choice.
Because of the arcane rules of the Iowa caucuses, supporters of any candidate who does not meet a 15 percent threshold get to choose again.
Four years ago, Kucinich did the same thing for Edwards, helping to propel him to a surprise second-place finish. Edwards is apparently less palatable to Kucinich this time around, but Edwards did get the endorsement of a different lefty, Ralph Nader.
Nader, the former Green Party nominee, said Edwards would stand for "the people" against big business, but also spent much of his endorsement speech attacking Hillary Clinton.
