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Posted: January 8, 2008 10:57 PM
John Edwards Finishes Third, Shows No Sign of Stopping
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Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards did not get the boost he was hoping for in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary, but he finished solidly in third place with 17 percent of the vote, 62 percent of the precincts reporting.

While the race for first between Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama remained too close to call, Edwards addressed his supporters in New Hampshire, walking out and waved at the boisterous crowd to John Mellencamp’s “This is Our Country”.

“Two races down, forty-eight states left to go” Edwards told his supporters. “We have too much of America that does not have their voices heard.”

Edwards’ campaign made it clear before the primary that he wasn’t bowing out anytime soon. New York Times columnist David Brooks said Tuesday night on the NewsHour that Edwards’ campaign told him, “We have no shame, we will stay forever.”

“I am in this race through the convention. I intend to be the nominee of my party,” Edwards said in his concession speech. “I am in this race until we have actually restored the American dream.”

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson finished fourth ahead of Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, who won 2 percent of the vote, and former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel, who only garnered a few hundred votes.