Edwards gave his concession speech, which was basically just him repeating all the same crap he said in Iowa: son-of-a-mill-worker; Nataline’s dead; James Lowe can talk; homeless people sleep outdoors; I’m going to fix that. In an effort to stave off the criticism that he was too egotistical in his first (of many) concession speeches, Edwards stole a page from Obama’s Iowa speech and told the crowd that it was not about him, but about the “voices that are not heard” in America. He wants to get those silent, imaginary voices heard, because then maybe they’ll vote for him. MORE »

Mitt just conceded to WALNUTS and congratulated the elderly senator for running a positive campaign. Romney then thanked his staff and called wife Ann his sweetheart, which, as a girl, I thought was kind of cute. Then he started campaigning again: Things in Washington are broken, people in Washington have promised to fix them and haven’t, etc. He did, however, finally bother to take credit for universal health coverage in Massachusetts, now that he’s apparently losing the GOP nomination. He ended the night by making a pitch for votes in Michigan, noting that the state has raised taxes and lost jobs and he can totally fix that somehow. Poor Romney even appeared on television with his hair messed up, right there in a state where he’s well known and even owns property. Good luck in 2012, Mittens!

No longer the milquetoast second banana to John “Lurch” Kerry, John Edwards came in a really close second (possibly third, but he’s saying second) in Iowa and got all kinds of fired up about it. Despite being outspent 6 to 1 in Iowa, he gave a strangely rallying and simultaneously incredibly depressing speech about the two Americas without saying “the two Americas,” thankfully, which we’ll recap for you after the jump.

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