The 2008 presidential race gets a little less crowded

The field of candidates in this year’s Presidential race has gotten a little thinner after yesterday’s Florida primaries. John Edwards has already announced that he is ending his futile bid to be the Democratic party’s nominee, and Republican Rudolph Giuliani is expected to follow suit later today.
 
Of the two, Edwards had perhaps the best chance to win his party’s nomination because he at least competed in the early primaries, garnering a respectful number of delegates while Giuliani inexplicably chose to sit out all of the contests that took place before Florida. Giuliani’s decision to put all his eggs in the Florida basket proved to be a huge mistake, and after coming in a distant third last night he made the wise decision to simply give it up. 
 
The electorate is so split this year that I expect the races for the nominations of both parties to go right through to their respective conventions. At this point it’s way too early to predict who will be at the top of the tickets come November, but whoever it turns out to be, they can certainly count on having to put up a hard fight for the White House.