It is a sad thing that the "radicals" that have usurped the Democratic Party have driven out any hope for non-radical members. (Politically, the term radical refers only to the left.)These radicals are creating a deep divide in the nation. They are driven by two principal motives; hubris and Marxist politics. It is questionable whether any of them has actually read the entire works of Marx and then juxtaposed that to the neo-Marxist formulations coming out of the Universities today. We have moved on from the James Beards to the activism of the likes of Ward Churchill. The trenches of radical reform witnessed at the turn of the 20th century saw the emergence of Lenin worship in America. In the 1960s we saw the love affair with Ho Chi Minh and Mao Ze Dong. Now this is the age where democrats have become Marxocrats.

Edwards is reading the nomination wind and positioning himself for a possible VP or coat tail ambitions.

This comment is to Mark, from Minneapolis.

I know your kind. Your position on everything is "don't confuse me with the facts, my mind is made up." If you don't wake up (repeat after me person) you will live in the perpetual darkness of ignorance. Like the Repeat after me person, you have no substance only opinion.

This comment is to "Repeat after me."
I know your kind. Your position on everything is "don't confuse me with the facts, my mind is made up." If you don't wake up (repeat after me person) you will live in the perpetual darkness of ignorance.

To Luke, Re: Voting for Pol Pot et al.
I do not believe that these people actually mean that they would vote for stalin or Pol Pot. I believe they were making a point, reductio ad absurdum. But many people believe that Obama is a Marxist and will impose a kind of tyranny on the American people that smacks of Stalinism. His proposal to strap every American family with a huge burden of taxes, designated for the United Nations is only one frightening issue. There are too many to mention here but the information is readily available to those who seek truth and search for it.

If you don't know by now, everyone wants a piece of the pie. Of course I'll support you, but what am I going to get out of it? What's in it for me? Isn't that what we all do? And can we please have intelligent conversation. A few ways to do so: 1. don't type in all caps, that's just rude 2. check your spelling and grammar please 3. all the name calling is very unnecessary.

Well, I agree that the Clintons have made a big mistake in running this campaign. Their mistake was to wrongfully assume, that the DNC was primarily interested in securing the White House for the next eight years (possibly 16, with Obama as VP). She would have won the White House with 55% to 60% of the popular vote in November, if she would have gotten the Democratic nomination unopposed, regardless of the identity of the Republican opponent. It turned out that the jealousies of past presidential hopeful losers (Kennedy, Kerry, Dean), or opportunism of guys like Richardson or Edwards, were much more important for the DNC than a Democratic White House for the next, at least, eight years. Consequently, she had to fight not only the Republican Party, who feared and hated the Clintons for the humiliations they've suffered in the '90s, but her own party also.

I will vote for any Democratic nominee in November, it is out of question. However, I profoundly dislike Obama for putting his personal political ambition before the interest of his party and country. I even more dislike him, his campaign and his wife, for painting Bill Clinton as a racist, when he said that Obama's claim of firmly and continuously opposing the war from the beginning, is a fairy tale. It's really a FAIRY TALE that Obama continuoulsy opposed the war from 2002. It was just a speech in 2002, BEFORE the war started, when he was not an US senator, was not required to vote and be on record, and little if any repercussions were to be expected from his speech. In 2003 he removed the speech from his web site, as dated, then he mentioned in an interview with some Chicago newspaper that his current position and Bush's position on the war don't differ that much. As an US senator he voted on the war exactly like Hillary, he didn't give any other speech, that I know of, against the war, while during the 2005 Connecticut race between the anti-war Ned Lamont and the pro-war David Lieberman, Obama chose to campaign for Lieberaman, whom he called his "mentor".

I read a lot of remarks in this blog and others, that being the wife of the only eight year Democratic President since FDR, is no qualification for the job. Well, Hillary didn't just cook for Bill during those years. She's an Yale graduate, like Bill, where they've actually met. During his Presidency, there were jokes made everywhere about who's wearing the pants in the White House. I don't have any doubts that she was consulted and many times involved in most critical and less critical decisions of the Clinton Presidency. However, in 2004, she didn't jump to go for the Presidency (thus possibly dividing the Democratic Party), but decided to wait four or eight more years, to get more experience in dealing with the other side of the isle. It is well known that she actively sought to work with Republican senators, even those famous for hating her husband.

What did Obama do, with only two years in the US Senate?? He jumped for the Presidency, but not only formally, to get more name recognition and possibly the VP position, but the whole plate. The most damage his move made is with the black electorate. Without his candidacy (or with a formal, but not serious one), the blacks were heavily pro-Clintons. They've lovingly nicknamed Bill Clinton "Bubba" and called him "The First Trully Black President". When one of theirs turned out to have real chances though, 90% of the blacks shamelessly deserted the Clintons for somebody who, most of them knew only that, he's half-black, has a black wife and goes to a black church.

Unfortunately, at this point in time both Democratic candidates have much less chances to win the election in November, than if anyone of them would have gotten the nomination unopposed. I still hope that, after eight years of Bush, it is still very hard for the Republicans to win, but it's very dangerous. I also think that Hillary has more chances, although she'll loose most of the black electorate who'll stay home, like about half of them have been doing it anyway during past elections. Obama faces more challenges in my opinion, because many women, independents and "Reagan Democrats" supporting Hillary, will feel more comfortable to vote for a liberal Republican like McCain, than for a very liberal Democrat, like Obama. I think the latter is a larger electoral block than the former, even if we add the very young and the rich liberals to Obama's camp.

Personally, I think there's no other person in America today, better qualified to face this country's problems, than Hillary Clinton. I remember the somber atmosphere of the early '90s, the paranoia of "Buy American, don't buy Japanese", the lack of hope and the disorientation. How all that changed during Clinton's years!! The Clinton's years brought not only a good feeling, and relative prosperity, like the Reagan years, but they've also healed a bad economy, created a budget surplus from a huge deficit and made America and the Americans be the most loved and respected in the world since the '50s. This is what infuriates me most about Obama's candidacy!! We DON"T know how an Obama presidency's going to be, but we DO know how a Clinton presidency will be, because we've been through one already. If there's anything true in the denigrating campaing against Hillary is the term "Billary". I don't have any doubt that a Hillary presidency will mean a Hillary-Bill presidency, as much as Bill's presidency was a Bill-Hillary presidency.

Let the DNC know that Florida and Michigan's votes need to be counted and the delegates seated! Please sign the petition!

http://hillaryclinton.com/action/flmidnc/?sc=2462

Edwards is the idealist.

Obama is the slasher sub rosa.

Too bad that Edwards will be a 2-time loser.

Millions will see to it that he loses the White House.

I am so happy about obama choosing edwards like he did.It would be great to see him(Edwards as the atorney general,if not the vice president.they make a good team.I am voting for obama all the way!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really like what he has said about education,work,And help for us lower people.GO OBAMA!!!

My Fellow Americans,
I'm here today, with two words that I know you'll love to hear. Why? because they're really nice words, words that I know people like and those two words are "Hope" and "Change" (the crowd swoons)
See, I knew you'd like them. Hope and Change, Change and Hope (swooning becomes louder)That's right, I'm the Candidate of Hope, The Candidate for Change(people are slipping into a hypnotic state). My Hope is that if I repeat these words enough, you'll actually start to believe my bullcrap and Change your vote to me. Even though there's no Hope that I'll bring any more Change than the other Candidates will, because in reality, I'm just more of the same old Washington Politics(the crowd cheers, their eye's glazed over, drool has formed, all they hear now are "Hope" and "Change")

In ending, I'd like to "Unite" you all together, so that you'll help me to fulfill
my biggest and only "Hope" which is to "Change" my address to the White House. So let me hear you all say together "Yes We Can"! (Some Faint, the rest begin Chanting Yes we Can,then proceed to the refreshment stand where they're served Kool-aid and cookies Shaped like little White Houses).

HRC supporters DO NOT STAY HOME IN NOV. That will only help Obama. You can go to McCain's website and set up a website of your own to gather support for him. I have a question for the person who wrote I will vote for Obama a million times, are you being punished were you bad at school today and your elem. teacher made you write sentences. What a jerk, get a life. Michele thanks for the MSNBC poll, how many people were in this poll, how many millions of people live in the US, don't bet any money on that poll.

Sheridan1, your comments about WV shows just how stupid you are. No I am not from WV and yes I have a degree and yes I make more than 50,000.00. If Obama supporters and the media want to put voters in a class based on their education, their salary and their skin color then be fair to both sides. American people want to know of the 90% plus black voters who voted for Obama have a degree? How many even have a GED? How many make less than 50,000 a year, How many even have a job? Don't be hating on WV cause they can see thru Obama and have the good sense not to vote for somebody else's puppet. You Obama supporters are all hypocrits just like Edwards and Obama. You can bet Edwards and Kennedy and all the other white rich men who have endorsed Obama have their own agendas. From your comments I'm guessing you quit school in what the 7th grade and joined a cult.

I find reading this sort of blog simultaneously fascinating and distasteful. The vulgar name calling and irrationality is somehow addictive; however, I think I have reached my limit. I have a few observations for those who seem to be striving to reach the lower bounds of civility. If you goal is simply to vent, without any opportunity to change others' views, then continue to do what you have been doing. Nobody will listen, but that wasn't your goal anyway. If, however, your goal is to engage in dialogue, then I suggest the following:
1. Check your spelling and grammar. If you don't, it speaks volumes about how little effort went into your comments. If it wasn't worth it to you, why should anyone else think it is worth reading?
2. Review your text before submitting to see if you have stated your points clearly. In many cases, I found postings so inarticulate that I couldn't determine what the writer was trying to say (or even which side of the debate he/she was on). Note that this is closely related to #1.
3. Avoid using all-caps. That is the electronic version of shouting, and you are very unlikely to make people want to read (or listen) when you are shouting at them. I know that I automatically avoid such posts, and I assume that many others do.
4. Avoid name-calling, regardless of whether or not it is vulgar. You are extremely unlikely to influence anyone else if you alienate them from the start. For some reason this seems to be much more prevalent among Clinton supporters. I'm not sure why, unless these are really fraudulent postings by Republicans trying to disrupt the process by alienating Obama supporters with hateful comments.
5. Finally, I have one substantive comment: think about the implications of your statements. You won't convince anyone if they are perceived as silly or logically inconsistent. For example, "life-long Democrats" who care about women's rights (such as abortion rights) don't switch to the Republican Party and vote for a strongly pro-life candidate simply because a woman didn't get the Democratic nomination. Similarly, there is a limit to how far you can push the "guilt by association" label. None of the three major candidates can pass that litmus test, if you conclude that their associates' beliefs represent their own.

Several writers have voiced comments similar to mine. Perhaps the reason that the level of discourse is so low is that most people who expect civility and logic have already abandoned the site. I'm not sure why I haven't; perhaps it is that same unpleasant side of human nature that makes us watch horrific movie scenes or news events. I find it both fascinating and disgusting. Now I plan to follow my own advice. Goodbye.

Michelle's comments were a breath of fresh air--articulate, concise, and free of name calling. I wish that more of the postings on both sides of the Clinton-Obama issue were that clearly written. She addresses clearly the need to pull together and avoid the insanity of stating that "since my candidate didn't win, I'll switch to the other party." Unless those postings were written by Republicans posing as disgruntled Democrats, the world is surely in trouble.

Why hasn't anyone noticed the obvious sexist attitude in John Edward's endorsement of Obama. "Obama is the one man who" said Edwards repeatedly - not person, candidate, or nominee, but "man." How much more obvious can it be that he doesn't think a woman can be President? That's the last straw for me. I won't be voting for President if Obama is the nominee.

Every voter who has and will vote in the future has done so with some unconscious forces at work. This is what "experts", "political scientists", "pundits", television "journalists" have not taken into account. Those same forces are at work within them as well. There is very little evidence of rationality anywhere in the media or blogoshere. What is being said is a guess, sometimes educated and thoughtful, sometimes not, sometimes the silliest sentences I have heard in a long time.

Edwards, Shmedwards.

Politics is about power and money and who has it and who is trying to get it.

What is said in public when it is obvious that what IS said is is opposite of what really was or is going on is insulting to the vast majority of insightful voters. When it is obvious we can see through the wool that is attempted to be pulled over our eyes, it is tempting to stop listening and reading, just make up one's mind and ignore what else happens in the future.

There shall be many suprises to the know it alls come November when there will be only 2, and only 1 realistic choice to make. Experience usually trumps enthusiasm. Does one want the intern to do the entire surgery, not just open and close? Do you want the cab driver the first day on the job?

Edwards endorsing or on the ticket will not make much difference then just as it doesn;t now.

Obama doing the announcement in of all places Grand Rapids Michigan is not a brilliant stroke of political genius, it is indicative of the naivety and stupidity (about how voters see it)that emanates from the current occupant of 1600.

I hate this new format--why did they change it?
I'm leaving.

The Democrats are the ones obsessed about race, not the Republicans. They keep posting things like "The world is watching to see if America has really changed." Implying, of course, that if you choose not to vote for Obama, that it's because we're racist, toothless KKK members. It's his Liberalism, stupid.
Your shameless White Guilt tactics are regrettable.

Methinks Obama doth protest too much.
His over-reaction to the President's speech in Israel today is quite revealing and gives us some insight into his insecurity on his position regarding the terrorism issue. It's also very narcissistic on Obama's part to assume that everything is automatically about him.

Obama's real problem is his own statements proclaiming that he'd meet with terrorist thugs of rogue nations with or without pre-conditions--this is on record. So whether or not Bush had Obama in mind is irrelevent, fair game and on the mark. The idea that we're not to challenge a presidential candidate is ridiculous, and typical of the arrogance of Obama and his supporters.

Obama's position on this issue is so shaky he'd do well to stop calling attention to it.

Buckman Wrote:

"The government says we are in Iraq to free the Iraqis, yet there are still places in the USA where Americans are not welcomed because of their skin color,ethnic background, class or sex. Native American still reside on reservations. In the land of the free and the home of the brave some are saying they will never vote for a black candidate. The world is watching America to see how we treat one of our own, since we are constantly telling every one else how to treat theirs."

You're mixing up issues. But, I do agree that at this point in time, America needs to focus on it's own people and it's own issues and less on other countries. We are not the rich country we once were. People in America, middle income and lower, are in a bad state. This issue needs to be addressed NOW!

I also agree that there are some people who will NEVER vote for a black candidate, but it's even more true that people will NEVER vote for a woman of ANY color. You can check the polling on this.

In my opinion, there is no better qualified or committed candidate than HRC. Obama is an unknown and, in my opinion, is viewed in the political world as "ripe for the picking". Meaning, he's eager enough to do whatever asked and to have his palm greased by who ever is willing to grease it, to get elected.

HRC could retire comfortably. She doesn't NEED to further her career and she certainly doesn't NEED the money. People can associate her with Bill in whatever way they wish. But, I believe she is a woman with both a mind and strength of her own.

She is not part of the established Democratic Boys Club, where Obama currently holds a seat front and center, backed by Kerry, Edwards and Kennedy and even Howard Dean of the DNC.

No, skin color is not an issue for me. It's about who REALLY is the best qualified Candidate.

Our nation is in a terrible state that many still refuse to accept, or perhaps have not felt yet. I cannot see voting in a candidate with little experience, and someone we know little about, given the current circumstances of our country.

Buckman Wrote:
"Obama stating that people are bitter because of the lack of concern by the government is true, although, distorted by political opponents for political reasons. We have gone to the aid of many foreign countries in less time than it took to aid Americans in New Orleans."

This is not what Obama said. Obama said "small-town Americans "cling" to guns and religion and xenophobia (fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners ) out of bitterness over lost jobs".

Sorry, but I can't help but interpret this statement as anything less than judgmental and elitist. He's pigeonholing small-town American's - and isn't this the stuff prejudice is made of?

Buckman wrote:

"One blogger say that Obama was the most controversial candidate in their memory. If that is true they must be too young to remember the Clinton administration and the impeachment hearing, White Water or the falsehoods that have been stated in this campaign."

First of all, Hillary Clinton is not Bill Clinton. Just so we have that clarified.

Secondly, Bill Clinton's impeachment was a Republican lynching and it was based on his affair with Monica Lewinski.

Now, tell me, is this really grounds to impeach any President? Boys will be boys - and certainly there have been a slew of US Presidents that have had affairs and many of these affairs the Public will never know about.

One of the biggest womanizers was JFK. I was living in Europe at the time of the Bill Clinton impeachment hearings and Europeans thought it was a joke. They saw Americans as fools.

This isn't to say that I condone the behavior, but please - I'm certain HRC was more devastated than any of us!

America is a super-power! What would have been the havoc if we had impeached this guy because he had an affair? Bill Clinton was not Richard Nixon, just as Hillary is not Bill Clinton.

Buckman wrote:
"It is often said that some people who oppose Obama are religious. Well I am a Christian and my bible tells me not to be judgemental. Think about it, Obama was Judged by what Rev. Wright said not what he said. Just the fact that no matter what Obama says, some people will not accept it, may indicate that their rejection of Obama is motivated by something else?"

Well, if you didn't already know, there is a whole history behind Jeremiah Wright and his beliefs that goes back to 1930 when the NOI (Nation Of Islam) was founded in Detroit, Michigan (1930) and eventually moved to Chicago. Wright was a member of the NOI, basically a black version of the KKK.

Barrack Obama did not accidentally end up in Chicago and he did not accidentally become a member of Rev. Wright's church for 20 years.

I denounce the KKK and I denounce the NOI (black KKK). I would never sit and listen to anyone for any length of time spewing the kind of garbage that Rev. Wright has based his career on.

So, anyone can tell me all they want that Obama does not hold any of Rev. Wright's beliefs, but I would certainly not buy it.

Why is everyone afraid of Hillary, trying to force her to drop out. She's a fighter for what she believes in, not a quitter. We have to admire her for that, looking ahead to her fighting for us determined to persevere and win when it counts.
Sure she made mistakes, like when Obama came to her for advice when he was elected to the senate. She became his mentor and then he blindsided her, using her advice against her, entering the presidential race.

It is just amazing that after 8 yrs. of a man with no foriegn policy experience, or any helpful experience at all, a lot of U.S. voters may vote for a MORE inexperienced man, namely Barack Obama.

It is often said that some people who oppose Obama are religious. Well I am a Christian and my bible tells me not to be judgemental. Think about it, Obama was Judged by what Rev. Wright said not what he said. Just the fact that no matter what Obama says, some people will not accept it, may indicate that their rejection of Obama is motivated by something else?

One blogger say that Obama was the most controversial candidate in their memory. If that is true they must be too young to remember the Clinton administration and the impeachment hearing, White Water or the falsehoods that have been stated in this campaign.

Obama stating that people are bitter because of the lack of concern by the government is true, although, distorted by political opponents for political reasons. We have gone to the aid of many foreign countries in less time than it took to aid Americans in New Orleans. The government says we are in Iraq to free the Iraqis, yet there are still places in the USA where Americans are not welcomed because of their skin color,ethnic background, class or sex. Native American still reside on reservations. In the land of the free and the home of the brave some are saying they will never vote for a black candidate. The world is watching America to see how we treat one of our own, since we are constantly telling every one else how to treat theirs.

Message to America!!!
Save the White House in time.
Quality and status of US president is measured not by race, religion, skin, male or femal,it is measured pincipally by his idealism, experience and super power spirit. But Obama is already declared that he wants to talk with terrorist that would be beneath the super power dignity, which also is not an American idealism or super power policy. Also in American constitution there is no appeasement policy for terrorists. Obama should know that terrorists are not a nation's leaders also they are not religious leaders, there is no way super power American President has to shake hand with any terrorist. But today Obama wants to do it also he wants to invite terrorists in to the White House. How ever Edward's endorsement or whole democracts super delergates endorsements can make him only democract's nominee but they can't push him in to the White House. Democracts may find itself unsteady and shaky, as well as Obama's political stock rises, Mc Cain will surely be riding high for the next term and the Republican will rule out the White house for next 4 years term.
Despite the above instances, if nature deviate Obama wins,terrorists will become more powerful than current situation, also Iranian President will be succeed his nuclear program and Middle East will heading to nuclear War or American super power has to handover to China. Thats Obama will do for America and he will change for the worst also he has no American idealism and super power spirit. He doesn't know what is meaning of White House also he doesn't know about American power seal and what its mean.
Every day most of the American are voicing for change.. Change.. change, but change for what change for the good or changing for the worst?? Now a day most of the Americans and super delegates are changing for the worst and current situation America is heading to the worst. So here is a message to America, please don't surrender the White House to Terrorists.
Save your White House in time.
My comment without letting myself be influenced by religions,racial,and political discriminations and hatred. It is dedicated to the profound knowledge of mordern political science.
If by any chance my comment proved to be error,or had adversely affected Obama in any way due to miss my political science focus I have tendered my assurance that I would bear the liability for what I have written.
Bella Liberty

Latest poll posted today by MSNBC on head-to-head competition.

Obama 47% McCain 40%

Clinton 46% McCain 41%

In the beginning of the primary election Obama stated, when he had the popular vote,, that the one who received the highest popular vote should get the nomination not the super delegate vote. Now that it appears that he does not have the popular vote he wants the super- delegate votes to determine the candidate. What a hypocrit

Well it doesn't change by vote. Obama is the worse candidate going and I will not vote for him even if Hillary was his VP. I am totally surprised by Edwards edorsement of this man and sense he was promised the VP slot but this will not change the position of the small town middle class american. We have seen Obama's true color's and heard his pastor speeches and we'll vote for McCain. Obama recent foreign policy comments and he suddenly now wearing an American Flag pin shows just how much he is part of the current main stream politics and the only change he'll make is having American $$$ support islamic fundamentalist!!! The democratic party is a joke and is reason why my family is now Independents!

As a former supporter of John Edwards, whom I contributed to and sought signatures to place him on the Illinois ballot, I was extremely disappointed in his decision to support Obama, the most inexperienced and obviously controversial candidate to run for President in my memory. Even though I contacted Sen. Edwards to remain neutral, it seems his principles floated away in the face of higher office that he dreams of, in direct opposition to his wife's approval of Mrs. Clinton's health plan, his signature issue. Instead of remaining neutral like former Vice President Gore, he turned himself into another commonplace politician "jumping on the bandwagon" of the Obama Express. Not only did the media overplay this, it was obviously intended to overshadow both Mrs. Clinton and Sen. McCain's vision statement issued in Columbus, OH today, which I found far more eloquent, practical and bipartisan than any of the Democratic positions. The West Virginia primary results are a portent of things to come in November 2008.

Curious. An urban community organizer-turned-Senator needs a multimillionaire trial lawyer former Senator to give him "blue collar credibility" as compared to a lifelong pol/former First Lady/Senator with over $100 mil of her own (and her hubby's).

I waited on 27 customers in our hardware store today that are better equiped to run this country than Obama.

Obama's syntax rival our current President, just with a few more gaps!

Flast:

You pointed out that Hillary voted for the war, I would like to point out a few regarding this.
First, While Obama did speak out against the War before he was elected to the Senate, he also has said, on several different occasions, that he is not really sure how he would have actually voted had he been able to. Which leads me to my Second Point, since he was not a member of Senate at that time, he was not able to vote. Which means we'll never really know as fact, how he would have voted.

Next you mentioned that she carelessly threatens war. The facts, Hillary's statements about Iran were a response to a question she was given, a "Hypothetical", She did not take it upon herself to suddenly and spontaneously make a threat of war. Again, she was asked what she would do in a Hypothetical Situation. Frankly, I found no problem with her answer nor did many others. I would also like to point out while were on the subject, the statements Obama made, on his own, in which he threatened to invade Pakistan.

Lastly, you mention about taking money of people regardless of who or what they do. The name Tony Rezko comes to mind and that's just one of his questionable ones. If you do some checking you will find that there are other questionable people he's received money from as well as those in "big business"

THE ONLY REASON FOR EDWARDS ENDORSED TO SEN. BARACK OBAMA IS BECAUSE HE [EDWARDS] WANTED A POSITION AS VICE PRESIDENT IN OBAMA'S ADMINISTRATION. EDWARDS WAS WAITING FOR A RIGHT MOMENT TO ENDORSE.!!!!

Who cares? If he had any juice, it would have meant something weeks ago, but not now. And there's no way he will be the Veep candidate. He brings nothing to the table.

My main problem with Hillary is that she voted for the war, and carelessly threatens war without really considering the consequences and then turns to the people when it's appropriate and says she's anti-war and will bring the troops home.

Also she's pro big business (a corporate lawyer) and is happy to take money from anyone regardless of who and what they do.

Edwards is hedging his bets for the number 2 spot on the ticket. Nevertheless, the Democrats lost the White House for 2008 early on when they decided to go totally "liberal" in 2008. Face facts people, the majority of Americans don't want to have to choose only between a woman and a black guy. The "salt of the earth" of Democrats in Pennsylvania and West Virginia have already indicated to their party just how far they're willing to go, even if they're not thrilled with the choice given to them. Factor in the independents and Republicans who are traditionally much more conservative in the first place & where do you think the election is headed in November? Carl Rove can't wait to have at it once the Democrats have ensured their defeat with Obama. Way to go guys; 8 years of Bush & they still blew it!

I was moved and proud to watch Edwards endorse Obama last night. The ocassion was stirring and an affirmation of all the greatness that the Democratic party holds within its generous boundaries.

I think the endorsement was meaningful because it signalled to the last fence-sitting super delegates that the time has come to unite behind Obama, bringing the party together for the fall campaign.

Combined with the wonderful endorsement from NARAL, this Edwards endorsement indicates that the various elements of the Democratic coalition are shifting rapidly toward unity under the Obama standard.

The United Steelworkers came out for Obama today, following up Edwards's lead. Several North Carolina super delegates have done the same, which is an indication of the strength of Edwards' endorsement.

With this kind of powerful coalition, the GOP will be hard pressed to win even a county dog catcher race in November.

Go Obama '08!

Hmmmmmm... methinks an Obama-Edwards ticket might not fair too badly in the General Election in November. Good combination of strengths.

As for the endorsement, that and $3 will get you a latte at Starbucks.

Katherine please dont speak for "us women" becasue t here are many of us who dont espouse the "Hillary no matter what she is or does" philosophy of too many women on this blog. It is not about getting a woman president, its about getting the right woman elected president. Hillary is not that person based on her lack of character, trustworthiness, and real experience. Personally I think another Clinton Administration for this country would be a disaster on the level of the current Bush administration.
Pleease stop inferring there is an all woman point of view. Some of us think with our brains not with our vaginas

Katerina nice try but you failed to include this
"Claim: Hillary Clinton helped free two Black Panthers accused of torturing and murdering Alex Rackley.

Status: False."

This distortion of the truth came about a while ago from an email that had been sent around. Geesh, you really went back to try and dig up BS.

Hillary wasn't even a lawyer at that time, she was a student. The only role she had during that trial was as an observer, together with other students they monitored the trial for any type of Civil Rights Violations. She played no direct role or had absolutely no type of legal influence in the trial itself whatsoever

Ninety percent of the John Edward's suporters who continue to talk to one another on the John Edwards Continues Blog believe John made a mistake.
Most prefer Hillary-not Obama.

How can John Edwards say that the primary election is over when some states haven't yet voted. It seems that certain people and certain press members are trying to influence people to not vote because "It is already over." It is not over until everyone who wants to vote votes and until all the delegates have their say. I believe Hillary will win ultimately because she has the popular votes and I
believe Florida and Michigan must be counted. I am glad that Edwards left early since he made such an unwise remark.
Even Obama said the primary is not over yet.

Wondering what Edwards expects to get by changing his allegiance to Obama. Thinking Edwards, who learned quickly he had no chance of being a viable candidate for the Dem nomination, has made a big mistake by hitching to Obama's coat tails.

Edward's endorsement is what it is. Obama is the nominee - on to McCain:

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Republican top-10 strategy against Obama in '08

1. There will be a U.S. and/or Israeli attack on one of the following countries: Iran, Syria and/or Somalia.
2. There will be a staged major terrorist event against American interests overseas or in the United States.
3. There will be mass arrests in one or more "Terrorist" cells in the U.S.
4. Expect more phony bin Laden tapes and whether it's his remains or he's already being held somewhere - something bin Laden will surface dramatically.
5. There will be a repeat of something akin to the phony terror alerts that ended in December of '03, just before the GOP presidential campaign season officially opened. There were no alerts after that time.
6. While McCain takes the 'high road' ("I will not tolerate negative campaigning!"), his surrogates, with his full knowledge and the party's full knowledge, will make the 2004 swift boating of Kerry look like rubber duckies.
7. There will be relentless references to Jeremiah Wright and William Ayers among others.
8. There will be blatant appeals to Muslim xenophobia and racism.
9. A parade of pathetic (but richer) losers will come forward with salacious tales about Barack Obama's personal life from drug & sex parties to cheating on his wife to homosexuality. None will be true.
10. Public comments aside, Hillary and her people will be aiding the McCain 'dirty tricks' campaign.

The corporate media will be enthusiastic and willing players in all the above. YouTube will also be a huge participant.

Put this up on your bulletin board and check off the events as they happen.

I'd vote for the DEVIL before I'd vote for NoBama and his Racist wife.... But oops...it looks like she's not going to be on the General Election ballot after all. What possible good can she do for Bill now?
Zell Miller and Joe Lieberman have been the only Democrats with an extra brain cell in the last 60 years. Be patient,morons, you'll get to destroy this country someday. You all seeem Hellbent to do it...

A little too late Edwards and Obama. Just to take the iceing off of Hillary's win. Obama you have fooled your flock of sheep but not this one. NO SWITCH

2. snopes.com: Dick Morris' '08 Play-by-Play Analysis!
E-mail offers 'play-by-play analysis' of Hillary Clinton.
...Politics --> Clintons --> Play-by-Play Analysis Play-by-Play Analysis Claim: E-mail offers "play-by-play analysis" of Hillary Clinton. Example:...
...BILL CLINTON LEAVES TRUTH OUT OF HILLARY'S BIOGRAPHY Go to www.hillaryclinton.com and check out Bill Clinton's syrupy five minute ad for Hillary. He...
...The facts are: Hillary's main extra-curricular activity in law school was helping the Black Panthers, on trial in Connecticut for torturing and killing a...
Sun, 04 May 2008 11:21:22 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/clintons/playbyplay.asp
Clinton Won't Be Deposed in Fraud Case before November -- 04/29/2008 April 29, 2008 (CNSNews.com) - A fundraising controversy involving Hillary Clinton's 2000 Senate run that has moved through California's courts for about ...
www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=/Nation/archive/200804/NAT20080429a.html - 22k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
Peter Paul Statement of Hillary Clinton's Illegalities to California Appellate Court- ... false FEC reports - felony charges for which Rosen faced 15 years in jail. ...
www.peterfpaul.com/ - 36k
snopes.com: Black Panthers and Hillary Clinton ••••

...Politics --> Clintons --> Black Panthers Black Panthers Claim: Hillary Clinton helped free two Black Panthers accused of torturing and murdering...
...Back in 1969 a group of Black Panthers decided that a Black man named Alex Rackley needed to die. Rackley was a fellow Panther suspected of disloyalty....
...When they got tired of torturing Rackley Black Panther member Warren Kimbro took Mr. Rackley's outside and put a bullet in his head. Rackley's body was...
Sun, 04 May 2008 11:15:18 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/clintons/panthers.asp

I am sorry Obama Supporters, but your comments lack substance just like your candidate. They read more like delusional chants then comments. What Edwards did yesterday was so obvious that it should be considered an insult to all Americans. Obama may win the
nomination, but after hearing Hillary Clinton speak on many occasions, I am convinced that we may have lost our best chance of putting this country back together after
the Bush years. Heaven help us!

Edwards couldn't even win his own state. He campaigned in Iowa for over 3 years and lost. His endorsement is meaningless.

This just means that the 'old boys club' is alive and kicking.How would all those old cronies that have lined themselves behind Obama survive 8 years without the back slapping humor that has become standard in all male clubs.

This just means that the 'old boys club' is alive and kicking.How would all those old cronies that have lined themselves behind Obama survive 8 years without the back slapping humor that has become standard in all male clubs.

Im not an American but i just read avery misleading ignorant comments written by someone called Pal. Im a kenyan and i would like to tell you that 1. Odinga is a christian not a muslim. 2. He is not the president but a Prime minister. Try and get your facts straight or else find a better smear on Obama because that was a cheap shot!

Edwards has endorsed Obama? This changes everything! With Edwards supporting him now, this means I must switch my vote to Obama!

NOT!!!!!!!! pffft!

Mike West,
Thank you for your comment. Nice to hear from a man who is not intimidated by a strong woman.

I agree with you whole-heartedly. Whoever fails to see this for the carefully crafted, orchestrated endorsement, that it is, intentionally timed to deflect from HRC's win in West Virginia, is wearing blinders.

They have bought Obama's pitch about "new politics" hook, line and sinker. He has taken advantage of the political naivete of so many.

This is politics -- and make no mistake about it, it is politics as usual.

I think Edwards knows Clinton is the stronger candidate, but his ego and his aspirations are more important to him than telling the truth. He is not strong enough and does not inhabit the courage necessary to speak out and warn about the mistake the Democratic Party is about to make.

Personal attacks betray ignorance of both the subject (whether politics, the economy, the war) and the candidate. That is unfortunately what happens during such desperate times, but there is hope. Obama has both the character (not pandering to lobbyists) AND INTELLIGENCE (speaking out early against the Iraq invasion) to lead our country out of the disastrous Bush/Cheney years...Both of them have shown contempt for democracy and a disregard for its citizens...They are responsible for millions of deaths, yet avoided any combat of their own...are true armchair generals. They should be rulers of a Burma, not a democracy!

Well, Chris, I believe you have it right. A point you miss is Edwards is not good for us women. Some not too bright women ooh and aah about his boyish good looks. Trust me, you can't buy groceries or keep your house with 'his' good looks. He is for himself and will say and do whatever he needs to. I believe I heard him say in one campaign he is a "good old boy." Women don't belong to that "exclusive" club. I'm sure it was Edwards who I saw on TV saying that.

He talks about being poor and the mills, but he was actually considered more upper middle class since his father was in management. He is a wealthy lawyer who bought his way into the US Senate but was not willing to pay his own money to run for the Presidency. He may talk about that one case where it was justified, but most of it was just to get that big percentage of the settlements. That was why he dropped out because of lack of contributions to his campaign. It would really be nice to see a real honest person elected president who didn't do it for their ego and got it without "buying" it. Right now, Hillary is closer to being that person than anyone else running.

I am extremely disapointed in John Edwards. I really hoped there were still politicians who were above this type of display. What we saw yesterday says something about the so-called change candidate and his use of political manipulation. Instead of having a debate about what it takes to connect with the working class and their everyday concerns for the future, thankfully highlighted by Clinton's sweep, John Edwards steals the news cycle by suddenly coming out for Obama. Hard to believe that was not carefully orchestrated. Despite all the ludicrous cries of racism from Obama supporters, what would have settled down to a debate that addresses the concerns of the working class changed to mere political posturing. The same thing happened as the debate on gas prices started to finally take center stage when Obama called the holiday from federal taxes on gas pandering and made it politically incorrect to discuss it. Does anyone see a pattern here? This is just pure deception. Have we not had enough of this from George Bush? Are we going to have four more years of getting nothing done because we conveniently change the topic? I truly fear for the future of America with candidate McCain who thinks everything has been just fine and candidate Obama who lacks substance beyond slogans as he leads so many supporters that think this is the political version of American Idol. Yet, candidate Clinton who has been speaking about solutions from the start cannot catch a break as the media and the talking heads continue to try and marginalize her. Please people lets pick the next one very carefully. I think we are very close to running out of second chances.

"Edwards's support for Obama symbolizes the former North Carolina senator's belief that his one-time rival is the de facto nominee and is ready for the office to which he aspires."

I agree that Edwards believes that Obama must now surely be the "de facto nominee" and finally felt comfortable to endorse him, thus securing himself a spot back in the much-craved and missed limelight. At this late date, he was able to endorse without having to sacrifice any political relevance he may still cling to.

But as to whether Edwards believes Obama is ready for the office to which he aspires? That is a different story.

It is hard to respect any endorsement at this late date. I respect a senator like Stephanie Tubbs from Ohio, who put herself out there early in the process endorsing Clinton, displaying conviction and courage, endorsing despite what damage it could and may have possibly done to her career. I respect her just as I respect others like Claire McCaskill or Dick Durbin (as much as I may disagree with their choice) who also chose, at an early date, to speak their mind, instead of holding back until they were completely convinced of the safety in speaking out.

But Edwards' endorsement rings false and self-serving. If he had felt passionately about Obama, or his readiness, he would have fallen in line behind him much earlier. But no, Edwards seems to be as concerned now with his image and his standing in the party as he appeared to be when he doted, fretted, and fussed in front of that mirror so long ago.

I can not respect these endorsements that come in the beginning of the last inning, when there is no risk to the endorser. I think Edwards was pining to get back on the stage, and as you say, is looking to be deemed a pooh-bah. I find it to be weak and embarrassing -- and reeking of vanity.

Uh, I think this endorsement means quite a bit. Obama picked up 6 of Edwards delegates from SC today. Thanks, John Edwards!!

Obama '08

Obama has certainly fooled a lot of people with his rhetoric that he is not politics as usual. To my mind, it's quite clear that he is (or at least has become) very much a part of the Washington establishment.

The Edward's endorsement would be laughable if it weren't so blatantly an "Old Democratic Washington Boys Club" political move.

Although Edwards has fine ideals, I can't help but view him as immature and a tad on the wimpy side. He's like the little brother who wants so much to play with and be accepted by the Big Boys.

It would not at all surprise me if Obama, following Kerry's lead, has promised Edwards a Vice Presidential slot, or perhaps US Attorney General.

Let's face it, there are three men, all connected, who have run for the office of the President and lost. All have endorsed Obama. Ted Kennedy (1980), John Kerry (2004), John Edwards (2004, 2008). I'm just waiting on Al Gore and Michael Dukakis - and perhaps even Walter Mondale. But, with Kennedy, Kerry and Edwards, the connection is glaring and I can't help but see male egos in action. I believe these men who have run for the Presidency and lost reeled over the potential of a woman WINNING the Presidency.

The timing of Edward's endorsement was more than likely planned and probably planned for some time. I doubt it was by chance that the announcement came after HRC's landslide victory in West Virginia. The announcement shamefully made in Michigan, a state that Obama has been fighting hard to keep from having votes count. Some may call this a smart campaign move, but I call it manipulative Politics and anyone who fails to see this is wearing blinders. And, please, let's not forget how Obama backstabbed Alice Palmer to become Senator.

Howard Dean, head of the DNC, who ran in the 2004 Presidential Primary and lost, hasn't outwardly or officially endorsed Obama, but it's clear where his allegiance lies. Dean is, after all, part of the Democratic Boys Club.

Obama has been pushing hard to force HRC out of the race and time has been of the essence. Howard Dean does not want to deal with the Florida and Michigan debacle - and Obama has not wanted those votes counted. I believe pushing up the Florida and Michigan Primaries (done by Republicans in power) was a Republican strategic move to undermine HRC. I also believe that we would be seeing a very different kind of Democratic Primary had Florida and Michigan votes counted.

Unfortunately, HRC was doomed in this race from the beginning. The two powerful enemies, the Republican Party, still angry after Bill Clinton's win over George W. Bush and his two terms in office - and the misogynistic Democratic Boys Club.

For 2008, I see another 2004 for the Democratic Party.

Don't they look cute together? They must use the same barber and same dentist. Say "cheese" boys.

GETREAL!: "A Loser that couldn't even carry his own state endorses a lightweight ultrapartisan that seeks out and enjoys the company of bigoted hate spewing racists to gain street cred he's too limp-wristed to get on his own. WhoopeeFreakinDoo! You Dems have pure s**t for brains---every last one of you. You'll lose again...

Posted by: GETREAL!"

Another proud Republikkkan screams out.

I supported Edwards in his run for the presidency BUT I certainly do not support his endorsement of Obama.
Neither Obama or McCain will get the votes of most of my family members and friends, as well as myself.
It looks as though the path that the dems are on right now is one to doom and destruction, with Obama as the candidate.
I might add that we might just be in for four more years of Bush, only with McCain at the helm. I do hope that the ruiners of the democratic party are happy!
Are you listening Ted, Kerry, Edwards, and all the "stupered delegates"????

First, bravo to the post by Gusto, a republican who plans to vote for Obama.

Second, I was surprised that I started to cry when Edwards and Obama were on stage together and the crowd was going wild. I think it was joy to see democrats actually excited about a candidate (let's face it, Gore and Kerry both lacked public charisma), and I felt pride that the democratic party both is putting forth an African-American nominee AND one as intelligent, charming, eloquent, and savvy as Obama who has a strong chance to win.

I am a white woman, and I am disappointed in the women who support Clinton and seem so bitterly angry at Obama, simply for daring to challenge her and by running a superior campaign on so many fronts. I would have loved to support a female candidate, but, for me, Hillary Clinton made choices in her advisors, message, and strategy that really disappointed me and lost me as a supporter.

It's interesting that so many democrats would put personality over principle and vote McCain or write in Clinton (or not vote). Do you really have core beliefs that matter to you or will you pout like spoiled children who didn't get their way? I'm tired of the victim stances that come through in some of these posts. Your desire to persecute and demean Obama as if he was a privileged white male who took Hillary's dream away is so not rational. Anyone who thinks that Obama has had unfair advantage as a black male with an African and Arabic name, is simply distorting facts to fit their emotions.

I, too, wish Edwards had endorsed sooner. Maybe he was legitimately torn, but I've always had a sense of ambition about him that made me think he would wait until he could ensure he was with the winning team. At the beginning of all this, I was a Richardson supporter, and I respected his courage in endorsing earlier, even when it incurred the wrath of Clinton surrogates.

Please, democrats, come together and put principles over personality! For all the demeaning posts about "Obamanots," and Obama supporters being Kool-Aid drinking cultists, Hillary supporters are acting that way if they undermine a progressive administration in the fall.

until we start thinking of ourselves as all shades of brown rather than black or white, we're stuck....and we're all in the same boat.

Edwards for AG in the Obama Administration!

TO: Mary, and the rest of the Hillary supporters here who vow to vote for McCain if she is not the nominee:

If you are such strong Hillary supporters, will you not follow her instruction that you will be making "a grave mistake if you do not vote for Senator Obama"?

Concerning blue collar voters, everybody is not going to like Obama and everybody would not like him if he were white or female or Chinese or anything else. There are always lots of reasons not to like someone. The variables just differ with the person. In his case, he's half African American. For some people that's a deal-killer. God forgive them. George Bush is a white male and everybody didn't like him or trust him. He didn't really win the first election and only 20+% of the people like him now after 7+ years as president. Everybody has down sides in someone's eyes whether they are you and me or candidates for president. Everyone has something to prove. Everyone will please some people and not please others. NO ONE can please everybody. Both Hillary and Obama have pros and cons as does every other candiate. All voters will weigh those pros and cons somewhat differently. For me, it's a fatal flaw for Hillary that Bill was president, not because he's Bill but because I personally don't believe in the Presidency being passed from one family member to another. I don't believe in it for Bush I and the Shrub and I don't believe in it for Bill and Hillary. Whoever wins is going to have his or her hands full with serious problems and will bring different talents and flaws to the table. Just for one "little" thing: if it's impossible as a practical matter to exit Iraq because too much of a disaster has been created, the militray is so bled dry that a draft may be needed. Imagine that. Look at the economy and the environment. They will not get fixed in 4 years or 8 no matter who is in the White House. However, we can move in the right direction or the wrong direction. It's true that if elected, Obama will not be successful if he is seen as a golden goose for black Americans even though every winner is a golden goose for their buds. It's also true that no matter what he does, some people will insist on seeing him that way. Frankly, if we cannot win the White House with the nation in the state that it's in, the country deserves what it gets. Stupid decisions have consequences. That's life. We can at least try to change the situation. McCain is a) Bush III and b) too old. There is no reason to vote for him if you expect anything to improve.
The good news I see is that all my Republican friends hate Bush, are disgusted with the Republican party and are hot prospects to vote Democratic or stay home. I know that three Republican relatives voted for Hillary in the primaries. Two love the war, one hates it. All are conservative Catholics. I told them the Pope has ruled that the war does not meet the Church's definition of a just war. That made the war mongers cringe because they know it.
The other is a life-long high level intelligence official whose mind is blown by the profound stupidity of the Bush administration and the damage they've done to the country.
If I were Obama, I would be suggesting who my cabinet prospects would be if I were elected. It's possible to do this in a subtle, modest way that is not presumptious. I would be showing judgement in indicating the kind of people of experience and character who I admire and would like to bring to the table if given the chance. It's not going to be just him - it will be the team. God help whoever gets elected.

A Loser that couldn't even carry his own state endorses a lightweight ultrapartisan that seeks out and enjoys the company of bigoted hate spewing racists to gain street cred he's too limp-wristed to get on his own. WhoopeeFreakinDoo! You Dems have pure s**t for brains---every last one of you. You'll lose again...

P Diddy:
"What happens to Edwards's delegates?"

According to NBC News they go to Obama. Thus wiping out any gains from West Virginia for Clinton and making a slight loss of delegates for her.

b. posted

please, b. - please tell me that you don't really think she brought up stuff that the repubs couldn't find. and think back to any election - candidates slamming each other for the bid has been going on since cain fought abel over presidency of eden.

sheesh...

Simply put.

Could it be that your perspective is too Beltway?

I can tell you from the Nevada Caucuses that where Edwards failed to reach the needed threshold, his supporters all stepped over to Obama. Where Edwards had support the social dynamic was one of friendship and cooperation between his supporters and Obama's.

The reality outside the beltway is that Edwards's endorsement will hold weight.

Get down from the media heights where numbers are misrepresented, unreliable exit-polls from single states are repeated ad nausea as if they were true nationally, caucus voters are discounted because we did not have primaries and the entire serious process, which should belong to each state, is turned into a national sporting event crossed with circus.

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95% of these quotes are idiotic and many are offensive...I would like to see you people say these things to actual people's faces...face it none of you know what how good or bad obama or clinton will be...however, it is clear tht mccain's ideas are the same as bush's and those have not turned out well...I opt for change, if you vote mccain you made your bed:)

What % of women have voted for Obama? I fail to see that misogyny is the problem and not Hillary Clinton's old fashioned and out dated slash and burn style of campaigning. She has shamelessly rewritten her history, panders to every political position, seized every opportunity to bring down and discredit her party rival. Maybe if she ran a more positive and uplifting campaign, the DNC would consider her case. She has a relentless, arrogant and phony approach with every step she takes in her campaign. In the end, it has made Barak Obama a better candidate. Let's just hope she hasn't provided the republicans with too much ammo. But I think, as has been proven throughout the campaign, the people are ready to rise above the slimy, do anything, say anything to win kind of politics. It's not a matter of race or gender, it's a fresh, honest, uplifting voice people are responding to. Women, men, black, white, brown, yellow, rich, poor, beer or whiskey... Barak Obama levels the playing field.

Hank Hill wrote:

"If Hillary could sell the wine from all of her supporters sour grapes, her campaign debt would be paid in no time. _Seriously, all the Clinton lovers should put up the cash to bail her out if she is so wonderful and popular instead of whining about why we don't understand her greatness."

Interesting comment, but you can't possibly believe that the millions of dollars Obama has been reeling in and spending to buy the Presidency is coming from the average Joe.

Where are the big bucks coming from? I can think of a few very obvious answers off the top of my head.

Don't think for a minute that more than a few aren't greasing Obama's palm and that he won't owe favors once this thing is over. This is what so many in politics love about the guy - he's a virtual unknown and just ripe for the picking. His ego is just big enough to kowtow to whomever and whatever will give him the "Presidential" title.

Having said that, the real driving force behind Obama is his unhappy, discontent, negative wife, Michelle, who has been the primary breadwinner in the family for years. Her husband, to this point, simply hasn't been good enough for her.

LISTEN TO FOX NEWS, RENSES RADIO TALK, AND HANNITY'S INTERVIEW OF PASTOR JAMES DAVID MANNING discussing murder on December 25, 2007, of the talented, wellliked, young gay Trinity Church Minister! Amazing...Don't the media or the incompetent Obama-lickin' DNC ever do any investigations into candidates' character/habits? Shame...

LISTEN TO FOX NEWS, RENSES RADIO TALK, AND HANNITY'S INTERVIEW OF PASTOR JAMES DAVID MANNING discussing murder on December 25, 2007, of the talented, wellliked, young gay Trinity Church Minister! Amazing...Don't the media or the incompetent Obama-lickin' DNC ever do any investigations into candidates' character/habits? Shame...

Change is unavoidable, but at what price? Howard Dean and the democratic party are throwing out a lot of turf talk, half truths. Hillary is probably gone. Baracks background is being carefully reviewed along with his wifes. Their past associations and vocabulary is going to be in the news daily. The democratic attack on the constition article II, section one is going to be resented. If the populist vote replaces the electoral college then regardless of what the democrates say the smaller states and towns will be left with no true representation. The elitist, eggheads, belive they are always right, but have pipe dreams and smoking mirrors for ideals. As I stated above, change is unavoidable, but you have to think if this is what we all really want!!!

Looser supporting looser!!! Edward is traitor. I am concerned for our future.

WANT SEX SHOPS NEAR SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES? EARLY RELEASE OF PEDOPHILES AND OTHER SEX OFFENDERS? VOTE BARACK OBAMA! HIS WAS THE ONLY VOTE IN CHICAGO AND THESE ARE HIS TWO MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. HE'LL MAKE A WONDERFUL PRESIDENT--IN KENYA WHERE HIS COUSIN ODINGA (whom Obama helped immensely by campaigning on his behalf with Dick Morris!) AFTER WILD RIOTING, PILLATE AND OTHER CATASRROPHES, HAS NOW GRABBED THE PRESIDENCY. IF NOT ELECTED, PERHAPS ODINGA WILL APPOINT HIS COUSIN TO THE VIDE-PRESIDENCY. ODINGA WAS AIMING FOR SHARIA LAW AND CHASTITY PROVISIONS FOR 'UNTAMED GIRLS AND WOMEN'...RIGHT UP BARACK'S ALLEY!

WANT SEX SHOPS NEAR SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES? EARLY RELEASE OF PEDOPHILES AND OTHER SEX OFFENDERS? VOTE BARACK OBAMA! HIS WAS THE ONLY VOTE IN CHICAGO AND THESE ARE HIS TWO MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. HE'LL MAKE A WONDERFUL PRESIDENT--IN KENYA WHERE HIS COUSIN ODINGA (whom Obama helped immensely by campaigning on his behalf with Dick Morris!) AFTER WILD RIOTING, PILLATE AND OTHER CATASRROPHES, HAS NOW GRABBED THE PRESIDENCY. IF NOT ELECTED, PERHAPS ODINGA WILL APPOINT HIS COUSIN TO THE VIDE-PRESIDENCY. ODINGA WAS AIMING FOR SHARIA LAW AND CHASTITY PROVISIONS FOR 'UNTAMED GIRLS AND WOMEN'...RIGHT UP BARACK'S ALLEY!

Looser supporting looser.!!!! Another traitor for America. Vote for Obama=vote for scary future!!!!

I truly admire John Edwards and he was my favorite early on. His endorsement means a lot to me, as I'm sure it will to all of us who supported him. In my opinion, with the sorry state of the GOP, Obama should win handily in November. My greatest nightmare is 4 more years of Bush, which is clearly what McCain would bring.

This endorsement means Obama can not get the hard working, poor, middle-class group on his own!!!! Smug Obamabots saying if we loved our candidate so much why not send her money?! Well duh, we send what LITTLE we can but when you are the bottom of the food chain you simply do not have the extra to give. As no one listened over Bush, you Obamabots aren't listening (the core party wants Hillary, only you left nut liberals want BO)He will be a joke especially in the face of all our problems! His 20 minute record of experience won't get things done, his questionable "relationships" concern me especially with advisors meeting on the sidelines with Hamas! Geez people I know you are the educated but can we please show some common sense!!!! I will change to Independent if after the popular vote (ALL votes counting) is Hillary and the supers give it to this joke of a candidate! Neither have the number to win and the RULES state the supers can choose anyone they know is best for the general! This "sweetie" will never vote for him for any office!

Mary O'Brien, you're right on target! Hillary represented the only hope for the Arrogant Democratic Party's aspirations to grab power. She's sufficiently "liberal" in economic policies, while retaining a "conservative" hard line in certain social issues and foreign policy.

I cannot image Hillary voting in favour of SEX SHOPS near schools and churches in Illinois (where she was born!) or in favour of early parole for SEX OFFENDERS offenders. Obama's was the only vote, as we all know by now, against the prohibition of sex shops near schools! And he also voted in favour of premature releasing of child molesters and violent offenders in Chicago! No wonder he knocked off the ballot with dirty tactics his Mentor and benefactor in the 90s, AA Senator ALICE PALMER.

The man has no character nor judgment to speak of. And yet, DNC wants to throw under the bus the canadidate who's done so much to improve the lot of working people and support low-income girls and women. It shows you exactly what the DNC is afraid of: A Woman President!

Tell me, how different, then, is it to vote for the Repugnants than to vote for the Party of Misogyny--The Undemocratic Party of Woman-bashing. The DNC and Obma's campaign and its surrogates assisted the Misogynist Media in their everyday relentless assaults on Hillary up until the day they knew their boy could disqualify Florida voters with impunity! No, the DNC does not deserve any votes from women in November!

Our vote is precious and it's not to be used against us by voting for this sexist ("her claws are coming out!") candidate of False Hopes and vicious, undercover woman-bashing with an assist from the equally misogynist media. "There will be blood"...

I cannot believe that the author used twenty or so paragraphs to conclude that the Edwards endorsement will have little impact.

Actually, Bill Richardson's endorsement of Obama was more important than Edwards' after the fact endorsement because it came at a time when the race was more in doubt and it was a switch of a Clinton supporter.

Edwards did worse in his 2008 race than he did in his 2004 race and has won exactly one primary in two presidential races. But he has the presidential bug and will probably continue to seek the presidency for the rest of his life and will make Harold Stassen seem respectable in the process.

Mary O'Brien, you're right on target! Hillary represented the only hope for the Arrogant Democratic Party's aspirations to grab power. She's sufficiently "liberal" in economic policies, while retaining a "conservative" hard line in certain social issues and foreign policy. I cannot image Hillary voting in favour of SEX SHOPS near schools and churches in Illinois (where she was born!) or in favour of early parole for SEX OFFENDERS offenders. Obama's was the only vote, as we all know by now, against the prohibition of sex shops near schools! And he also voted in favour of premature releasing of child molesters and violent offenders in Chicago! No wonder he knocked off the ballot with dirty tactics his Mentor and benefactor in the 90s, AA Senator ALICE PALMER. The man has no character nor judgment to speak of. And yet, DNC wants to throw under the bus the canadidate who's done so much to improve the lot of working people and support low-income girls and women. It shows you exactly what the DNC is afraid of: A Woman President!

Tell me, how different, then, is it to vote for the Repugnants than to vote for the Party of Misogyny--The Undemocratic Party of Woman-bashing. The DNC and Obma's campaign and its surrogates assisted the Misogynist Media in their everyday relentless assaults on Hillary up until the day they knew their boy could disqualify Florida voters with impunity! No, the DNC does not deserve any votes from women in November! Our vote is precious and it's not to be used against us by voting for this sexist ("her claws are coming out!") candidate of False Hopes and cagey, undercover woman-bashing...

Edwards endorsement means a great deal. We are talking about it here, aren't we?
This IS the site where Hillaryites come to hate. It's okay you guys...it takes a while for reality to set in.
I don't understnad what it is you fail to see when people who have been in governemnt for eons (Chris Dodd, Edward Kennedy) AND people who were part of the Clinton administration (Richardson, Joe Andrew)seem to gravitate to Obama.
Fear of change is common. Hillary would have been a good president. Obama will be a great President and if we help him, if we stand behind him - the American Dream might actually be realizsed for the first time in 50 years.
Open your eyes, educate yourself! I see so many ignorant comments here. If West Virginia represents average Americans we are in trouble. Has anyone seen the literacy rate there?? These are the people who need Obama the most - the people who are discussed in "What's the Matter with Kansas" who tend to vote against their own best interests.
People in West Virginia should be investing in adult education. The ONLY way the United States can compete ih the global economy is EDUCATION. Hillarites, go read a book! "What's the Matter with Kansas" would be a good place to start.

Clinton supporters ( a lot of you sound like racists) on this site, keep thinking like you are thinking and you will get another 4 years of
MCBUSH!!!!
NOTICE I SAID FOUR YEARS, BY THE END OF 2012 McCANE will have completely destroyed
American as we know it.
Racism got you sad racist 8 years of pain from a republican congress and head moron.
Racism will get you more of the same!
Clinton is always has been will continue to be a closet RACIST!!!!
So are many of the hate mongers on this site!

I always liked John and Elizabeth Edwards but John never could make it as a presidential candidate so this endorsement really means nothing. It seems comical with the introduction of Edwards by Obama. Obama seemed a little too child like with excitement of this endorsement. He and the media are putting way too much weight in this endorsement. Really John Edwards didn't make the cut and had to drop out early in the run for the president so really how much influence does he have on the working class. The press and the candidates really over hype him. I really don't care one way or the other if John is backing one or the other candidate he probably should have stayed out of it or made it known from the start who he was going to back. Coming out now at this time just makes the voters question his real motives. Because most voters can see what is playing out here. He and Obama as well as the press is ganging up on Hillary. I won't forget the feeling I had watching it unfold on the debate in New Hampshire when John and Obama attacked her as a team. She may have a slim chance if any to make the nomination but I plan to write in Hillary's name in November. My family and friends feel the same as I do and we feel Obama is being pushed down our throats by the Democratic comity and the press with the comities lopsided enforcement of the rules on the states of the early voting debacle. Remember there were more then 2 states that moved the dates ahead and with the media everyone knows they have a great dislike for the Clinton's. With this endorsement and the timing it feels like Obama is pandering for super delegates and white collar votes that he is struggling with. This is like Obama accused Clinton of doing when she suggested lowering the Gas Tax. The real question with the gas tax is what other proposal is being put out there that is going to relieve our worries. No one is willing to stand up and make an alternative suggestion. Instead we see Obama saying it is a bad idea. Well come one make your words mean something this time and tell us what you are going to do that will relieve our pain at the pump right now. The strange thing to me it seems the media is in love with Obama like they loved the Bush Administration all these years because they are willing to over look Obama's faults just like they were when it comes to bush and his miss deeds. One sure thing is gas prices will come down when we clean our government of all the "Oil Men".

Well, well, well. This I will say, what better person and how ironic, that a person of black and white heritage will try to save the country from itself. That's judging by the comments I have read. One exit poll coming out of the WV primary, shown on tv, had 51% of people in the General Election, when it is held, voting for Obama, 29% voting for McCain and 14% undecided, so stuff that in your ear. I notice that people accept any stupid thing that is said, it if agrees with their preconceived version of things. What woman in her right mind, even supporting Hillary, (who has problems with the truth), would pull a lever for McCain, who is going to shift the Supreme Court more to the right, as soon as he can, if he is elected, so that women can be set back 100 years. Good luck ladies, if that is how you want your daughter's futures to go. Let alone his 100 year war, so your sons can be shipped off to some unnecessary war again. McCain will answer all your problems, give more money to the rich. So carry on with your intellectual prowess, and sensible decisions. I for one do not want this man, who may suffer from PTS from his terrible time in Vietnam, or Hillary who doesn't know fiction from reality, and who brings her impulsive husband with a zipper problem, who she enables, to run this country. So I will be voting for the elitist, whose Mom and Grandparents raised him on food stamps. Take care all you thinking people. It's a great day in the neighborhood. God help us.

Once you get to know Obama better he sounds like he's not what he thought he was. Still, he's always half wright and takes pleasure in calling us his brothers and sisters. It seems that his administration would be frought with racism in every thought and deed. Just when we were getting over this stuff, he has to bring it all back for more dialogue. I can only guess what his view is on reparations.

He's too much of a bottom dealer who plays the old game with some new dialogue. Putin et. al. will eat him for breakfast. We need someone with more backbone and experience. Too many pretty boys will not survive on the world scene as it stands today.

Hillary knocked out from udner him Barak's momentum in W.V.--but 41 v 26%! This is not good news for the neophyte senator from Illinois. Maybe he should rethink his vote (ONLY vote!) in favour of sex shops near schools and churches in Ill. and in favour of early parole for sex offenders! These votes do not resonate with the so-called "bitter" hard-working blue collar voters of Anywhere....

The following is what this endorsement means to me: Women have been messed over for many years by the Democrat Party and it appears that millions of "US" will be returning the favor, should this primary continue on its current path. Hillary Clinton is clearly the best choice to be our current parties' choice as the nominee for President. As a life-long Democrat (55), I find it unacceptable to tolerate just how my party has hosed their most loyal and largest voting block; women. I am confident the Democrat Party will pay a severe price for this blatant assault on us women. Cry all you want about this being "sour grapes" but, little good will result in your on-going efforts to unite Hillary's staunch supporters around "your chosen candidate" and not the peoples. All the Democrat Party wants us to do now is get their selected, from the start, elite, wimp Barack Obama elected in November. It will be a cold day in hell before I do that and I hope Hillary Clinton walks away from this Party, as well. As with most of the women I have contact, as well as many men, are finished with the Democrat Party now and forever. Many of "US are starting a grassroots movement to assure these kind of sorry tactics employed by my now soon to be former party, favoring a man who clearly has no shot without her support to win over the best women who can win this on her own, will never happen again. Until the final results are in Democrat Party leaders, we will just have to wait and see how things turn out once this primary season comes to a close. I for one am changing my registration to Independent, if not Republican, on the same day that I vote for Hillary in Kentucky. Once all our votes are counted, if you the party leaders allow that to happen, you'll just have to wait and see how deep this "bitterly disappointed" and highly ashamed of this blatant insult to women is across America. To do this to the largest voting block in America is truly, for my soon to be former Democratic Party, a travesty. Bye, bye now and good riddance from Mary L. O'Bryan, Louisville, KY, soon to be former Democrat, no matter what happens in the primaries left to come.

I listened with trepidation to Hannity's interview, as well as Renses' radio talk show with James David Manning and I'm still recuperating form the shock! Considerable portion was focused on the premature, mysterious killing of Donald Young, the young talented (bisexual) minister at Trinity Church. Has the DNC really conducted any investigation on Barack's past history at all? Who is he? What does he really believe in? What has gone on in his personal life? I couldn't believe that Hannity and Fox, 2 days ago!, focused on incidents and habits and proclivities that should have been thoroughly examined in the candidate months ago...I appreciate these churches are sometimes too boisterously idiosyncratic, but this is shocking, indeed!

I listened with trepidation to Hannity's interview, as well as Renses' radio talk show with James David Manning and I'm still recuperating form the shock! Considerable portion was focused on the premature, mysterious killing of Donald Young, the young talented (bisexual) minister at Trinity Church. Has the DNC really conducted any investigation on Barack's past history at all? Who is he? What does he really believe in? What has gone on in his personal life? I couldn't believe that Hannity and Fox, 2 days ago!, focused on incidents and habits and proclivities that should have been thoroughly examined in the candidate months ago...I appreciate these churches are sometimes too boisterously idiosyncratic, but this is shocking, indeed!

This endorsement did get the BIG WV WIN by Hillary off the news, which it was intended to do. The Media are definately playing a part. Watch Ky., and if Hillary can win in the 15 to 20 point range, this will hopefully wake up the Dems that are not HELL BENT on losing the WH again by running the weakest candidate of the original field.

Odd that Edwards didn't endorse Obama before NC, odder still that Edwards was not joined publicly in the endorsement by his wife Elizabeth (he did not even refer to her, though Obama did -- failing to mention they argued about his health plan). Edwards knew he could not have been re-elected by NC, just as he could not carry NC. In WV, he received about 10% of the vote, which added to Hillary's 67% might explain the exit poll which showed 77% of WV voters wanted Hillary to be the nominee.

It's lying sleazebag ambulance chasers like Edwards who have run obstetricians out of practice in many places in America. I wish he'd just shut up and go count his moeny somewhere.