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Breaking: Edwards endorses Obama

by: Pam Spaulding

Wed May 14, 2008 at 19:45:00 PM EDT


UPDATE: I bumped this post back up, since we now have video.

You know, I wasn't sure if my former senator was actually going to throw his hat into the endorsement ring. (WaPo):

In the immediate aftermath of Edwards' decision to drop from the race, both Clinton and Obama made a pilgrimage to North Carolina to huddle with the former candidate and make their pitch for his support.

By all accounts, those meetings left Edwards genuinely undecided. Obama's message of change and his call to end the influence peddling in Washington were clearly an obvious fit for Edwards' sympathies, but he retained some lingering concerns about Obama's depth of experience. Clinton, on the other hand, had considerable experience but struggled to represent the sort of change that Edwards believed was necessary to win the nomination.

Rumors flew for months about Edwards's leaning although of late it had been expected that if he endorsed a candidate, it would be Obama.

Matt Bennett, a former Clinton Administration official, described Edwards as the "troubadour of the working class" and said the North Carolina senator's endorsement of Obama makes it "tougher for Clinton to make the case that working class Democrats can't [or] won't support Obama."

During his 2004 bid for president, Edwards focused his campaign message almost exclusively on middle-class and lower middle-class people - insisting that his southern roots, his father's experience as a mill worker and his own up from the bootstraps success story uniquely positioned him to represent their interests in the White House.

The timing of this is quite interesting, given the proximity of the West Virginia primary, where the Two Americas message that Edwards ran on is highly relevant, as is the racial divide that was in stark relief in that primary. However, a slice of this demographic, as we've seen, has no qualms declaring that they will not vote for a black man under any circumstances - even if voting for a Republican is against their basic economic interests. You have to think those folks are unlikely to be moved by an endorsement by Edwards.

So what, if anything, do you think this endorsement means in the greater scheme of things?

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wow, i thought
he wasn't going to endorse anyone.  did he give a reason for the turn-about?

well one thing is for certain, obama can use all the help he can get from people who think they have the ear of poorer whites.

Lurleen on Twitter


Endorsement from a bald-faced liar
from People just 10 days ago.
Bottom line: the [Edwardses] said they will not endorse either remaining candidate, saving their political capital for their own causes - his, fighting poverty; hers, fighting for universal health care.
Aren't Obama supporters just a little disgusted at getting a major endorsement from this slimy tool?

Lurleen on Twitter

[ Parent ]
"Slimy tool"?
Because he changed his mind? If he had endorsed Clinton, would he be slimy or tool-ish?  

I suppose that means his praise of Clinton in his endorsement
is also disgusting.  

Me, I'm glad he switched from no endorsement and I'd love to see him on the ticket as VP. Youth, passion energy, change.  Or in the cabinet as Attorney General.

Now, if you want to talk slimy tool, what about Terry McAuliffe proclaiming that Clinton's WV speech would be one of the greatest political speeches of all time.  I was embarrassed for him.  

"In order to maintain an untenable position, you have to be actively ignorant."  The Colbert Report


[ Parent ]
Yes, slimy tool
I, like Pam, lived with Edwards collecting a paycheck as our "Senator" for 6 years, and yes, "Slimy tool" is apt. I've never seen anyone with more form and less substance--even for politicians.

He's all about the photo ops and hairspray.


[ Parent ]
yes, because he changed his mind
not 2 weeks after making a firm statement that he wouldn't make this decision any time soon.  don't tell me you don't see high-caliber political opportunism there.  obama's outfit is about intergity, etc.  edwards choice to go back on his word is anything but.  

and yes, i'd still criticize him if he chose clinton.  i don't think you get that i am able to see clearly beyond the obama-clinton divide.  all that clinton does is not golden, but neither is it all evil.  same goes for obama.  i'm not a partisan idiot.  i'm tired of the assumptions.

Lurleen on Twitter


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I never assumed
If I had assumed, I wouldn't have bothered asking.  That's what the question was for, to find out.

Sounds like you're the one who made the assumption.  :-)

"partisan idiot" is your offering, not mine, and would never be mine.  It's rude and reductive.

I also did not ask about him supporting Clinton, I asked specifically about his praise of Clinton, which was extensive, before he endorsed Obama.  Maybe you missed the speech.

Edwards also changed his mind about Iraq.  Unlike other Senators.  I approve of his changes wholeheartedly.  

"In order to maintain an untenable position, you have to be actively ignorant."  The Colbert Report


[ Parent ]
and clinton said this today:
I'm going to work my heart out for whoever our nominee is. Obviously, I'm still hoping to be that nominee, but I'm going to do everything I can to make sure that anyone who supported me ... understands what a grave error it would be not to vote for Sen. Obama.
I sense a convergence...

Lurleen on Twitter

Well, I'm still going to my state Democratic Convention...
...especially since I ran into a fellow delegate at the local  farmers' market Saturday and she said she wished I'd been picked to go to Denver. Of course, I'll be lost in the Obama hordes now, but at least I'll be there.

I've also gotten an email from some group about special LGBT delegates to Denver, but I told them the sorry truth: I'm working part-time and getting food stamps--short of another job or a winning lottery ticket, I can't fund it on my own.

Even so, I'm here and I'm queer, and I'm going up the street to the convention in a few weeks.

"More than half of modern culture depends on what one shouldn't read." -- Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest


As for Edwards' timing,
...I think it makes a certain amount of sense. Clinton just won in a state with more poor people--and all the deficits that entails (particularly in terms of education and assets). If the anti-poverty crusader supports Obama, it might help offset Hilary's claim to bringing key demographics to the party. Is this line of thought nice? No. It's politics. It's also politics to get some good out of his endorsement while it still has value--and the value of his endorsement will decline unless Hilary can overcome the numerical challenge. Since it appears she can't quite make that hurdle, Edwards needs to spend his political capital before inflationary events destroy its value. I, for one, am relieved that he (or his advisors) have grasped this; it bodes well for his political future in a less-than-ideal world.

Cross-posted on Shakesville.

"More than half of modern culture depends on what one shouldn't read." -- Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest


Meanwhile the rhetoric....
...between the Democratic camps is still heating up. Not so much from the candidates as from their supporters. The Republicans are mad at Boehner because of the three seats lost recently. They think that he's not conservative enough. Let's not piss away such a golden opportunity over the Democratic nomination. Trust me, the Republicans would love that. 15 million people have voted for Clinton so far. As Obama supporters, we should not be such poor winners.

Boehner
The Republicans are mad at Boehner because of the three seats lost recently.

Good!  Anything that can lower his credibility is fine with me.  Maybe we can vote a Democrat into his seat this time.

He's my rep, but I've stopped writing to him.  It's an exercise in futility.


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...oh please Y'ALL.
His draaaaawl is just exquisite... and he ain't too hard on the eyes either, but of course we were just listening.  I don't know about that always a bridesmaid thing, but VEEP yeah. The more camera time he gets from now on, whatever his roll later is only good.

It's the Hammer of JUSTICE,
It's the Bell of FREEDOM,
It's the Song about LOVE between,
my Brothers and my Sisters
...All over this Land.


To Veep or not to Veep
I have heard that he doesn't want the VP position.  I would love to see him in a Cabinet post, though.

Attorney General?


[ Parent ]
...What about,

HUD?  

and now how and when do the other biggies come out. Gore, Pelosi, Carter and the other exes?  Once a week? after the Convention? 



It's the Hammer of JUSTICE,
It's the Bell of FREEDOM,
It's the Song about LOVE between,
my Brothers and my Sisters
...All over this Land.


[ Parent ]
Carter's tacitly done so already
Traveling in Nigeria, I think, he was asked who he voted for in his primary and he said the family voted for Obama, and when pressed, declined to say much more but was widely interpreted as saying he voted for the O-man.

"In order to maintain an untenable position, you have to be actively ignorant."  The Colbert Report

[ Parent ]
naw.
it wouldn't be good for obama to have a veep with so little federal experience and no major state-level experience.  experience is already a weak point in obama's resume.  his veep needs to fill in that blank.

Lurleen on Twitter

[ Parent ]
Veeps come in all shapes and sizes
Cheney has had tons of Federal experience, he's been a disaster. Richardson has plenty of state-level experience, but is a lousy compaigner and boring.

Edwards is smart, charismatic, energetic, right on many issues, and popular in the south and with unions.  He fits the Veep bill just fine.

"In order to maintain an untenable position, you have to be actively ignorant."  The Colbert Report


[ Parent ]
doesn't matter if cheney was a disaster from our point of view.
the point is that his deep federal experience certainly made voters feel more comfortable voting for Baby Bush.  he was  brilliant choice for running mate.

Lurleen on Twitter

[ Parent ]
Hee's young enough to run--
--for president after Obama's two terms are done.  :-)

"In order to maintain an untenable position, you have to be actively ignorant."  The Colbert Report

[ Parent ]
FYI
His draaaaawl is just exquisite

FYI, Southerners consider "drawl" to be derogatory. Mention his "accent" if you will, but it's not a John Wayne "drawl".

Much obliged.


[ Parent ]
Clinton lost Edward's support with her "hard working Whites" statement
I'd love Edwards as Obama's Attorney General, or possibly a Supreme Court nominee. Wouldn't Edwards on the Supreme Court just piss in Thomas', Scallia's, Scalito's and Robert's ice teas....EVERY DAY.

What have you done today, to make ya feel PROUD?


~Heather Small


ROFLMAO
I'd love to be in those conferences!

"More than half of modern culture depends on what one shouldn't read." -- Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

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