Bob Schieffer: Edwards' Rise Means Hillary Draft

CBS "Face the Nation" host Bob Schieffer warned Friday that if Democratic presidential front-runner John Kerry can't decisively defeat Sen. John Edwards in the remaining primaries, Democrats will likely turn to New York Sen. Hillary Clinton to be their party's standard-bearer in July.

"I'll say this - you heard it here first," Schieffer told radio host Don Imus. "Just mark my words. If it gets to this convention and it's not settled, I think Hillary Clinton is back in the ball game."

"If it gets that far, you'll hear a Draft Hillary movement," the CBS newsman flatly predicted.

Schieffer said that if Edwards does well in New York's primary two weeks from now and stays competitive in the California and Georgia races, "he's going to pick up a whole lot of delegates."

"We're getting pretty deep into this thing and if it still hasn't clarified itself and sorted itself out," the longtime reporter said, "then you're talking about going all the way to the convention to settle it."

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