Down to Two...

...John Edwards has bowed out of his race for the Democratic presidential nomination. He will not give his endorsement to either Obama or Clinton for now and instead has promises from both that they will talk about the issues that mean the most of him (poverty, help to the poor, better hair care products).

Meanwhile both camps were quick to kiss his ass.

"At a time when our politics is too focused on who's up and who's down, he made a nation focus again on who matters -- the New Orleans child without a home, the West Virginia miner without a job, the families who live in that other America that is not seen or heard or talked about by our leaders in Washington," Obama said Wednesday.

And not to be outdone, the Clinton statement.

"John Edwards ended his campaign today in the same way he started it -- by standing with the people who are too often left behind and nearly always left out of our national debate," Clinton said in a statement.

Edwards says he will not consider a running mate position and previous speculation says that he would be the Attorney General in an Obama-run White House.