Second blogger leaves Edwards campaign

BREAKING: Melissa McEwan of Shakespeare's Sister has announced her resignation from the John Edwards campaign. This follows an announcement from fellow blogger Amanda Marcotte last night declaring that she would be leaving the campaign after coming under attack from far right wing Conservatives.

UPDATE: Here's party of the announcement which appeared on McEwan's blog:

I regret to say that I have also resigned from the Edwards campaign. In spite of what was widely reported, I was not hired as a blogger, but a part-time technical advisor, which is the role I am vacating.

I would like to make very clear that the campaign did not push me out, nor was my resignation the back-end of some arrangement made last week. This was a decision I made, with the campaign's reluctant support, because my remaining the focus of sustained ideological attacks was inevitably making me a liability to the campaign, and making me increasingly uncomfortable with my and my family's level of exposure.

I understand that there will be progressive bloggers who feel I am making the wrong decision, and I offer my sincerest apologies to them. One of the hardest parts of this decision was feeling as though I'm letting down my peers, who have been so supportive.

UPDATE #2: Chris Bowers has more.

So, how many think these two were actually forced out by the Edwards campaign??