john edwards to endorse obama

sweet adeline

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24628804

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Democrat John Edwards is endorsing former rival Barack Obama, fresh signs of the party establishment embracing the likely nominee even as Hillary Rodham Clinton refuses to give up her long-shot candidacy.

Edwards was to appear with Obama in Grand Rapids, Mich., as Obama campaigns in a critical general election battleground state.

The endorsement comes the day after Clinton defeated Obama by more than 2-to-1 in West Virginia. The loss highlighted Obama's work to win over the "Hillary Democrats" — white, working-class voters who also supported Edwards in large numbers before he exited the race.

Edwards, a former North Carolina senator and the 2004 vice presidential nominee, dropped out of the race in late January.

Both Obama and Clinton immediately asked Edwards for his endorsement, but he stayed mum for more than four months. A person close to Edwards, speaking on condition of anonymity, said he wanted to get involved now to begin unifying the party. Obama also signed on to Edwards' poverty initiative, which was a major cause for Edwards in his campaign and since he left.

When he made his decision, Edwards didn't even tell many of his former top advisers because he wanted to make sure that he personally talked to Clinton to give her the news, said the person close to him. Edwards' wife, Elizabeth, who has spoken favorably about Clinton's health care plan, did not travel with him to Michigan and is not part of the endorsement.

yoke

looks like edwards is going for the vp slot....


don't think it will happen though

FinsburyParkCarrots

Attorney General, I bet.

robbie

so does Obama get his delegates?

mca47

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

Attorney General, I bet.

That's what I was thinking. I can't see him going for VP again...though I guess I'd take him over Clinton any day.

VictoryGin

robbie wrote:

so does Obama get his delegates?

not automatically. the delegates can switch and pledge differently as seen here:

http://blogs.forbes.com/trailwatch/2008/03/obama-gains-iow.html

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

i think he already said he didnt want to be VP.

yoke

if Obama does get to become President I can see Edwards getting a Cabinet position of sorts.

TDMize15

I don't think Obama would pick him as VP because I don't think it would help. Obama isn't going to when in the South with or without Edwards on the ticket. Obama would be much better served picking the Governor of Ohio or someone.

Attorney General however, would make sense.

VictoryGin

Don't Know Myself wrote:

I don't think Obama would pick him as VP because I don't think it would help. Obama isn't going to when in the South with or without Edwards on the ticket. Obama would be much better served picking the Governor of Ohio or someone.

Attorney General however, would make sense.

i wouldn't say the whole south just yet. i think he could have a chance in mississippi, north carolina, and maybemaybe virginia.

ledvedderman

All I know...looking at these two together, it WOULD be a dream ticket. However, I don't think that will happen. AG is a lock I would think.

bootlegger10

I am going to endorse my candidate for President after that candidate wins the presidency. What a joke. If Hilary was winning now he'd endorse Hilary. If he had balls he would have endorsed before Pennsylvania.

bootlegger10

ledvedderman wrote:

All I know...looking at these two together, it WOULD be a dream ticket. However, I don't think that will happen. AG is a lock I would think.

And people thought just Barack was an elitist? Add to the ticket the multi-millionaire trial lawyer who lives in the 10,000 sq foot mansion down the street from a trailer park, and gets $400 haircuts. (I love Fox News reporting).

I don't understand all of the love for Edwards all of a sudden. He was a brutal running mate for Kerry, and he was done by the time New Hampshire voted this year. I guess he is good for getting some of the white vote.

meme

This makes me happy. And I just think a white guy from the South being vice to a black guy is the coolest thing

Eliot Rosewater

I guess John Edwards is a pussy. And out of the original "mainstream" candidates, he was my favorite.

He seemed WAY more progressive than Obama....I would have expected him to endorse Nader. But then again, that's quite a high expectation. Only the more highly evolved humans can understand how important Nader is to our society.

meme

Eliot Rosewater wrote:

I guess John Edwards is a pussy. And out of the original "mainstream" candidates, he was my favorite.

He seemed WAY more progressive than Obama....I would have expected him to endorse Nader. But then again, that's quite a high expectation. Only the more highly evolved humans can understand how important Nader is to our society.

I just finished reading a part of Obama's first book where he talks about working for a Nader spinoff in the 80s, so I guess you are right

sweetpotato

ledvedderman wrote:

All I know...looking at these two together, it WOULD be a dream ticket. However, I don't think that will happen. AG is a lock I would think.

i know, just the thought of it makes me all swoony! (and i don't mean in some stupid sexual way, you gutter-dwellers! )

but i think joe biden would be an excellent choice as obama's running mate. tons of experience, a solid record, a good guy in general, imo. i'm keeping my fingers crossed.

and i DO think Edwards in the AG role would be HEAVEN. we need someone with integrity in that position after these long, dark years of bush.

sweetpotato

Eliot Rosewater wrote:

I guess John Edwards is a pussy. And out of the original "mainstream" candidates, he was my favorite.

He seemed WAY more progressive than Obama....I would have expected him to endorse Nader. But then again, that's quite a high expectation. Only the more highly evolved humans can understand how important Nader is to our society.

oh, he is, definitely. he's just not presidential. not by a long shot.

jeffbr

sweetpotato wrote:

and i DO think Edwards in the AG role would be HEAVEN. we need someone with integrity in that position after these long, dark years of bush.

Edwards has no integrity. His entire campaign is a sham and ran counter to his actual voting record. And as an ambulance chasing attorney suing doctors, he got fabulously weathly and in the process helped increase insurance premiums and healthcare costs. There is almost nothing good about Edwards other than his beautiful hair.

RainDog

Eliot Rosewater wrote:

I guess John Edwards is a pussy. And out of the original "mainstream" candidates, he was my favorite.

He seemed WAY more progressive than Obama....I would have expected him to endorse Nader. But then again, that's quite a high expectation. Only the more highly evolved humans can understand how important Nader is to our society.

"Seemed" being the operative word here. Edwards took a liberal turn after leaving the Senate; but while in office, he was a pretty moderate Democrat - In favor of the death penalty, in favor of prayer in public schools (both of which Obama opposes), and he co-sponsored the Iraq War Resolution of 2002 . Side by side, Obama is the more liberal Senator.

Solat13

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

Attorney General, I bet.

God, I hope not. I'd rather him be VP than be the head lawyer in the country.