If Eric were a normal player you'd be right,but he's America's player. Things have been MUCH easier for him since he and jess have aligned with Dick and Danielle. he obviously realizes that D/D are popular.
They could have taken Amber off the block,put danielle up...and then America would have told him to vote out Zach. Danielle stays and now EVERYONE is pissed at him.
The votes were still there for a Daniele backdoor. Let's say he pulls Zach or Amber off the block. Clearly they will vote off Daniele and Jameka would as well. That is two votes. America will vote to keep Daniele and so will Dick. There are her two votes. Jessica is the tiebreaker and she would have voted Daniele out. There is your 3-2 margin.
Now if they want to get Daniele or Dick out, they essentially need them both to be on the block because America will always vote to keep them (god knows why......how is Jessica not winning these popularity polls) and whoever isn't on the block will vote to keep the other one.
Jessica should have forced the issue with Eric. I know she didn't want to create a rift, but I would equate it to taking the keys from somebody who is too drunk to drive. Every now and then you gotta make the tough decision for somebody. She should have done that tonight.
So many interesting bits, this is what I love!
Anyways... let me start by saying that America's Player, in my opinion, is someone who plays for America, does what WE want. That is why Eric was getting screwed over in the middle of the season, because he was trying to screw over the players the majority of America likes. (Dick and Dani whom I like as well, and Nick)
He has finally figured out who America likes and who they don't. With this, I think that if Jess, Eric, Dick, and Dani do stay tight for the final four, that would be in all of their best interests. Let the bast man win from there. I don't have the live feeds, haven't read the updates, and only caught a quick glimpse about nominating Jess next week, so I am unsure what would happen if Dani or Dick did win HoH.
However, if Eric, Jess, (two people who I absolutely hated who I am now growing to like, (Eric was just an idiot and took too long to figure out what America wanted, and Jess was just looking pretty) Dick, and Dani do stick together, they can get to the final four, most likely. Odds are in their favor, Amber or Zak going home, it does not matter. Although Jameka may F things up with Jess. >.>
From there, there are two pairs Eric/Jess and Dick/Dani. I think it is pretty fair, let the best duo/man win, and if it plays out like that, I could careless who wins. But this is the Big Brother house, so my perfect little fantasy is going to get F-ed up somehow. But if the four of them were all on the same page, I think that would rock!