MELISSA BLOCK, host: One footnote to today's political news, there can be odd coincidences in politics, candidates groping for the same metaphor, the same theme song or slogan at the same time. Well, today we heard this.</s>Mr. JOHN EDWARDS (Former Democratic Senator, North Carolina): We are Seabiscuit.</s>MELISSA BLOCK, host: How is that again?</s>Mr. JOHN EDWARDS (Former Democratic Senator, North Carolina): We are Seabiscuit. I ask you to join us in this cause.</s>MELISSA BLOCK, host: That's a hoarse John Edwards, comparing himself to a horse today in Manchester, New Hampshire. And he wasn't alone.</s>Mr. MIKE HUCKABEE (Former Republican Governor, Arkansas): I feel like Seabiscuit.</s>MELISSA BLOCK, host: That's Mike Huckabee on FOX News, making his move on the outside.</s>Mr. MIKE HUCKABEE (Former Republican Governor, Arkansas): I mean, let's face it. There's a whole lot of Americans out there who love to know that the underdog can still win.</s>MELISSA BLOCK, host: Seabiscuit, the legendary thoroughbred race horse of the 1930s. Knobby-kneed, awkward, lazy and unlikely champion who started winning and winning and ultimately beat the vaunted favorite War Admiral in the match of the century in 1938 by a lot.</s>Unidentified Man: Seabiscuit leads by a length. Now, Seabiscuit by a length and a half. (unintelligible) Seabiscuit by three. Seabiscuit by three. Seabiscuit is the winner by four lengths. And you never saw such a wild crowd.
The presidential election process is sometimes compared to a horse race. John Edwards and Mike Huckabee take the analogy a step further, comparing themselves to a certain celebrity thoroughbred: Seabiscuit.