Waldo a Sore Thumb Compared to John

The John Edwards Campaign thinks they are being clever by creating the "Where's John?" advertisement, a fairly large collage of news clips and newspaper headlines (set to that workin' class favourite "Dueling Banjos!") that show the media's focus on Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, and complete denial of John Edwards's exististence. The Edwards Campaign think that this will make the masses realise how silly the other campaigners and the media are, and succumb to the sheen of John Edwards's hundred dollar haircut. However, the phrase "Where's John?" describes the current campaign for President so accurately, that instead of making me chuckle and purchase a John Edwards bumper sticker, when watching this commercial I found myself shifting around uncomfortably in my computer chair, wondering when the God forsaken banjos would stop dueling.
Currently, John Edwards has not won a single Primary. He came second in Iowa, to Barack Obama, but since then he has come in third, by staggering landslides, in the other three (not counting Michigan, because really, who does?) primaries held. Last night in South Carolina, he was hoping to win, being a former senator from their upper counterpart, North Carolina. Upper Counterpart? Is that an actual term for North Carolina in relation to South Carolina? I don't think so. It feels like something an ignorant North-Easterner like myself would call them. Ah well. Anyway, Mr. Edwards thought wrong. He came in third, again, racking up 18% compared to Barack Obama's 55%, and Hillary Clinton's 27%.
Come on John, really? Is it really the media's fault if you can't sway even a small majority of voters who are but a skip, hop, and a jump away from your own backyard? Do you really need 50 bronze trophies before you call it quits? What are you going to do with all the bronze, John? What are you building? Besides a portfolio of failures, I mean.