Reply #13: bingo

[Two Americas]

You nailed it. People are working too hard at finding an explanation about this.

I predict that within 3-4 years we will find out exactly who made the critical phone call and what they said. But Edwards was obviously surprised, caught off guard, unprepared and conflicted about his speech. There also is no logical explanation as to why he needed to quit right then. I don't know how much more obvious the circumstantial evidence could be that he was pressured to quit, and a candidate being pressured to quit should not surprise anyone who has read American political history in any depth at all. I think the reason most people are rejecting this is because they are not very well versed in history and have an unrealistic and naive view of politics in general.