UPDATE: Your contributions should be made at the John Edwards campaign website, which you can get to by clicking the picture below.
On Monday, a DailyKOS diarist suggested the idea of a massive one-day grassroots contribution effort for the Edwards campaign.
This idea has been greeted enthusiastically by Edwards supporters, but the usual cranky sort of partisans who just don't like to see enthusiasm for anyone else's favorite candidate, couldn't resist the urge to scoff. One of them wrote:
Edwards supporters are looking more and more like Ron Paul supporters every day. "No, really! Our guy can win! You just wait til everyone sees!!!"
My reply:
Edwards is a mainstream candidate who has always had a chance (albeit no one ever thought it would be easy) of capturing the nomination. Paul is a fringe candidate who has never, ever, had a chance of capturing the nomination.
But there is more to this discussion than who becomes the nominee. Most of us supporters are very realistic - and openly so - about the chances that an underdog candidate has to capture this nomination. But the Primary System is not winner-take-all; Edwards doesn't have to come in first in a state to win delegates. The more delegates he brings to the convention floor, the more it will serve to amplify his campaign's message. To the degree that one believes it is an important message, there is nothing unrealistic about continuing to support his campaign.