It’s In The Mail

<div class="mini gray">Illustration by: Matt Mahurin</div>

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<p>It’s still hard to tell what fans of John Edwards will do when they go to the polls tomorrow. Some, including a few commenters on a post I wrote last week, say they are <a title="sticking with their man" href="../../../view/clinton-obama" id="fp-9">sticking with their man</a>.<br /><br />

Plenty of others are deciding between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.<br /><br />

In California, the super-strong Service Employees International Union had endorsed Edwards. But after some <a title="nudging" href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/03/BANSUQN1G.DTL&amp;type=politics" id="idhy">nudging</a> from Ted Kennedy, it’s now supporting Obama.<br /><br />

This — and other recent developments — could all matter less than we think. Some 2.5 million early ballots have already been returned in California, and just 50-60 percent of ballots in the state are expected to actually be cast on Feb. 5.<br /><br />

Early voting is a factor in other states, too. Anybody want a do-over?</p>