Pick me, pick me, pick me!!!

So Edwards has decided to call it quits. He now moves into the official roll of king-maker.

While he supposedly will not do so at his speech this afternoon, it is only a matter of time before he puts his endorsement on one of the remaining candidates. Such an endorsement will be huge as Clinton and Obama are very close. Which ever candidate can get the Edwards followers will take a lead that will be hard to overcome.

There are two questions. Who will Edwards endorse and when will he do so?

Given that he ran his campaign as the non-establishment candidate with a vision of change, it would be logical that he would endorse Barack Obama. However, nothing is certain in the political world and he may go with Clinton with the belief that she has the best chance to win in November.

If he were to endorse Obama, then it is critical that he do it before the end of this week. That needs to be the headline over the weekend leading into Super Tuesday. The word must get out before the country votes. If he endorses Clinton, then it does not matter as much because she already has a lead in many key states and his endorsement would not be as critical.

There is always the possibility that he strikes up a deal with Obama or Clinton to be their running mate if he endorses them and they get the nomination. I find it unlikely that he would be the VP candidate again, but it would be an interesting play on his part considering he does not have to endorse anyone and the threat of endorsing the other candidate might be too much.

He may have dropped out, but he has a very interesting role to play in this campaign.