My honest opinion is Sen Edwards is a wolve in a sheeps skin. He was for Hillary in the begining, now he wants the VP and he believes Obama will win the nomination. So he left the Hillary's side since feels she won't win. I wouldn't trust him as far as I can throw an elephant. Obama will lose if he uses Edwards as a VP nominee. The other party winner will beat Obama at the polls, and there is no doubt in the that matter. It really shows the inability of possessing integerity when you swap sides like you would shoes. He loses my vote for sure.

I would not say that Obama's weakest area of support to date in the primary is the working middle class. I would say that it is the individuals whom are just point blank against voting for a black man. You can't sugar coat the truth, it is die hearts that can't seem to accept the fact that people from all races of life have every equal opportunity at being best of that which they refuse to believe. People need to turn from their evil ways because 'people will perish from a lack of knowledge', when it is Obama whom have extended knowledge and stressed the need for all to unite and come on one accord, despite race, creed or nationality that we together can forward America a better tommorrow for all. None live forever. So let's in all respect, think about the future of our forwarding generations, that they won't have to continue in such a troubling society with no one to address their issues, when in reality, Obama has a plan with them as well as all in mind right now.

Edwards to Endorse Obama

My honest opinion on this matter would conclude that with Obama already being the presumptive nominee, that with Edward's endorsement it could prove 50/50 from the way it really looks. Obama has already laid the foundation, Edwards could possibly enhance a few more voters to sway his way. In all actuality, the voters already pretty much knows who they want to vote for already. Edwards may help sway a few voters whom may be on that thin line between love and hate to give them a little boost over to Obama. Last , but not least , with Edwards coming up from the bootstraps and Obama coming up from a bootstrap, maybe they together can tie the knot on this election, who knows.

elmerg, McCain would never have left the troops as unprotected as Bush did.He never supported the Rumsfeld strategy, and that's a lot of the reason why we are still there and why so many died after "mission accomplished". Bush was too married to his tax cuts for his rich friends to spend the money necessary to do the war right. Frankly, the war was only approved (yes, by Obama as well once he was in the Senate) because Bush's people cooked the intelligence. Then Haliburton got the money to "rebuild" the country. This was an incredibly fraudulent war. Smell a rat?

But----Now we're there, like it or not. I want someone as President who cares about the troops AND about fixing this incredibly dangerous situation Bush created. Obama is not the guy-his people have said on background that the troops will actually stay "if necessary".

"elmerg- I'd rather be right than side with a winner. Bush won, and I'm immensely proud to have voted for the loser Gore. I cannot vote for Obama. I don't happen to think he'll beat McCain, but I can't vote for him either way. He is not suited for the job."

I'd like to hear you explain this to the parents of the first young person killed in Iraq if McCain gets elected. I DARE you to tell them that you couldn't vote for the Candidate who promised to draw down troops toward a complete withdrawal because of your high and mighty prinicipals, then repeat that again a few years down the road when McBush has escalated the fight into Iran, and people start asking HOW McCain got elected....

sorry ... that's my comment ending on Tony Soprano's, er, exit. I don't like anonymous postings ... sorry.

Sorry flyboy, but your judgement on presidential politics leaves something to be desired. Mondale??

Here's what Hillary said only 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."

People the timing is impeccable. Just like Bill Richardson took the sting out of a big loss, Edwards is going to get a lot of gratitude for making this the story on the evening tv programs and front pages tomorrow (was there a primary yesterday???) And yes, this endorsement DOES mean something -- 18 somethings. His delegates bring Obama to within 20 of his victory mark. I don't think he'll be the Veep (AG seems right to me) -- but I trust the Obama campaign -- it's been the best managed organization I've seen in a long time and I'm sure they'll pick the best possible running mate. And stay in Mrs. Clinton -- leave whenever you want -- but anybody that thinks there is ANY question about the ultimate result here is fooling themselves. And, finally, does anybody else think it's funny that Mrs. Clinton has adopted as her new[est] theme song the Journey tune they played as Tony Soprano got bumped off? Priceless ....

swalker, yours is an interesting take. Thanks.

elmerg- I'd rather be right than side with a winner. Bush won, and I'm immensely proud to have voted for the loser Gore. I cannot vote for Obama. I don't happen to think he'll beat McCain, but I can't vote for him either way. He is not suited for the job.

"Barack Obama is stinking up politics with his BS. Do not let BO and his BS stink up the White House and the future of this nation. We are in a period of a crisis. Yes, we need change, but people need to remember as bad as things are, they can get a lot worse and BO and his BS is the last thing we need right now.
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You GOP trolls are so obvious, why don't you go somewhere and support McCoot? With his promise to stay in Iraq, his threats to "bomb,bomb,bomb Iran," and kick Russia out of the G-8 (a bone-head idea) suggest that McCain's much vaunted "grasp" of foreign policy ideas are stuck in the Cold War era. McBush is going to need guys like you who, as only the "true believer" can, think that a McCain Presidency will bring "change" (the only "change" Johnny Freeride will make is the sheets in the White House.)

Then there are McSame's "ideas" about the economy that sound very much like Bush's.

Quote Hillary Clinton, May 14, 08:

"Anybody who has ever voted for me or voted for Barack has much more in common in terms of what we want to see happen in our country and in the world with the other than they do with John McCain," Clinton said on CNN's "The Situation Room."

"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."

Jeremy - Amen!

I sincerely hope that all of the ardent Hillary or Obama supporters throwing daggers at each other are really the Limbaugh gutter-trash republicans. Anyone who would divide the party through race or sex or age when the country is in such shambles and headed toward wreckage with a McCain presidency deserves what they get. The fact is that Hillary probably doesn't want to disenfranchise minority voters anymore that Obama thinks poorly of working class whites. I think the reality is that both have been misinterpreted or misrepresented by the constant media feed and disingenuous trolls that pounce in an effort to throw off the best democratic candidates we've seen in years. My questions are: why is everyone so angry and focused on issues that are not going to help get the country back on track and why do we buy into internet posters with unknown agendas who feed into this anger? We need to get out of the Bush era politics and the only way we are going to do that is to defeat McCain in November. I hope we are all happy with our stupid: "don't blame me, I voted for (insert democratic candidate's name)" bumper stickers.

Obama had his butt kicked in West Virginia, so he needed a "pick me up" from Edwards. No surprise here. Michigan, Kentucky, North Carolina, Edwards, Obama...No surprise here.

But if Edwards decides to run again for President, it will be no surprise that Hillary supporters will not vote for him.

This is old news. John Edwards leaked word of his endorsement back in February 1, and it was reported along with other news, and yet the mainstream media never picked up on it!! Wow, Some people just have an ear on the ground for everything, just like the leak on Obama's cabinet.

http://www.capitolpoliticking.com/edwardsendorsesobama

Obama-Clinton 2008

Well Edwards is showing that the entire campaign he ran was a sham. He was for universal healthcare? He was for the poor and the working class? Yeah right. Sounds like he sold out all those "little people" and uninsured to the promise of a position in the "fairytale" Obama administration. Well, like BO, he has no morals, so they make a great pair.

That "click" you heard was Hillary's ventilator being turned off.

Obama is POTUS
Its a new century, Thank God!

Fantastic news today about John Edwards. He has always been a personal hero of mine, although this time around I voted and volunteered for Obama. Thank you, Senator Edwards for making the right and courageous call, at the right time to bring the party together. You are a true leader.

I also think it was smart to wait until AFTER North Carolina voted. That way it is cleaner and not so much a "kingmaker" move. Edwards was not in this to play games before the nomination was decided, but instead to wait until it was time to unify the party.

I'm sure the carping here is coming mainly from Republicans (both acknowledged and not), but to the extent it's coming from fellow Democrats, it's ironically all the proof we need that it is WAY past time to move on, with that level of intraparty nastiness. Democrats need to support each other with so much at stake and we need to get started winning the general election.

Thank you Senator Edwards. Thank you so much.

Flydude- Pretty simple, you seem to have an innate ability to be on the losing side of presidential politics. You do have an opportunity to change that this year but the 4000 dead soldiers don't seem to bother you as much as the idea of a President Obama.
I plan on voting for the Dem in the general, no matter WHO it is. Can you make the same pledge or does the idea of four years of McSame really appeal to you that much?

Kennedy is not interested in being VP at his age and experience level. Neither is John Edwards- he sucked at that role in 2004- the VP pick will be either Kean or Webb from VA or Richardson from NM or maybe McCaskill from MO- it has to be from a state he thinks he can win with a consituency he is weak in- working class voters/defense (Webb), southern moderates (Kean), Latin voters (Richardson) or women (McCaksill). It is still unlikely to make a difference with these groups, but at least he will try

elmerg, if you are, as seems to be, bragging that you've voted for more "successful" presidential candidates than I have, it seems you must mean Bush as well. So congratulations for having a hand in killing 4000 American men and women in a meaningless war. Otherwise, I have no idea what point, if any, you are making. I'm merely saying I WANT a Democrat to win, but I can't support a callow, inexperienced narcissist like Obama is (as Carter was as well).

I think JRE's strategy has a lot to do with this whole sham of suddenly counting the disqualified Florida and Michigan results.
With Edwards in his corner, Obama can call the Clintons' bluff and claim all of Edwards delegates from the Florida vote, leaving Hillary with a meager 50-47 win. Not nearly enough to make any sort of impact.

Unlike the Bill Richardson endorsement, this one is going to mean nothing due to timing. For someone who has so many good ideas, Edwards has no sense of politics or timing- which was why he was such a bad vice presidential nominee.

dyinglikeflies- If, as you claim, you have voted for more Dems then I have and did not vote for Carter that would lead one to believe you have voted for only one successful Democratic presidential candidate in 44 years!
Great track record there!

dyinglikeflies...if only

Obama continues to plagarize messages, themes, and entire speeches from other candidates. While this would be a big issue for a "typical" candidate, Obama is continuously pampered by a Leviathan liberal media.
Obama is typical in the sense that he's like most candidates - he will pander.

Obama's duplicity (more so than any other candidate I've seen in recent memory), machinations, and double-speak is atypical. His campaign of hypocrisy and double-standards has fooled plenty of Americans. Stop feeding the lines fed to you by the Leviathan media and think critically for a second - use your brain.

Barack Obama is stinking up politics with his BS. Do not let BO and his BS stink up the White House and the future of this nation. We are in a period of a crisis. Yes, we need change, but people need to remember as bad as things are, they can get a lot worse and BO and his BS is the last thing we need right now.

If, as you claim, you have voted for more Dems then I have and did not vote for Carter that would lead one to believe you have voted for only one successful Democratic presidential candidate in 44 years!
Great track record there!

Mason, not senile yet. 40 years from it. The next 8 of those will be spent following the exploits of President McCain.

dyinglikeflys said:
elmerg, I've probably voted for more Democrats than you ever will.

Good. That means you're old and will be dead or senile soon. Though, since you think there's a great gulf in policy difference between the two DEM candidates, it's possible you've already reached the latter stage.

dyinglikeflies |- go ahead throw your vote away for four more years of Bush-lite if it mollifies your temper tantrum and fear of the "black man".

elmerg, I've probably voted for more Democrats than you ever will. I won't vote for Obama. Can't, just like I couldn't vote for Carter. (I even voted for freakin' Mondale!)

Hey, wait a second -- this has to be a hoax. Edwards is a trial lawyer, and trial lawyers are anti-Obama.

Isn't that right, Leichtman. Uh, Leichtman? Hello? Where are you?

Edwards: "Hello, Kentucky!"

FilmMD- Because she was stupid too in that sense, that's why she sought the endorsements. Endorsements mean zilch, and they have since ,like, the 1960s. Also she smelled the possibility of getting it, and frankly she's been a bit desperate for good news. But that doesn't make such an endorsement meaningful. Edwards didn't even carry his own state in 2004.

Hillary's Downfall!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6Lstkiexhc

dyinglikeflies- spoken like a true Republican troll

Actually, I do not comprehend the JRE strategy, if any, at play here. JRE waited until the nomination was BHO's, but not until HRC had withdrawn from the field. In other words, JRE has not done a thing to endear himself to BHO or to HRC.

Richardson's endorsement was timely. JRE's is not.

So what.

Hey Playa, was up ?

Nice that all of your are absent when the G.I. Bill is being argued in the Senate. Table that one.

I suppose it took this endorsement to understand and accept that the Democratic party has left the working middle class. It's disgusting. Voting for McCain isn't an option either. Now what?

dyinglikeflies:

Why did Hillary desperately court all the people you call losers?

This is off-topic, but why is it that when I try to pull up the veepstakes article from the archives, I get an empty page?

Miller51550

Kind of like the blue eyed devil?

"- Perhaps Elizabeth's failure to endorse BHO will be addressed in the Revised Standard Version."

Interesting. Do you think their household balances each other out?

Yeah! Obama is the next president of the United States! Welcome aboard, John!

Any Democrat who doesn't want Obama to win should just drop the pretense and go join the dirtbags in the GOP who have dragged America into the mud since 9/11.

Edwards' candidacy had the stench of death about it from the beginning. Obama is racking up endorsements from numerous candidates who failed- Edwards, Kerry, Kennedy, Richardson. And presumably the list will grow.

The final name of failed candidates to add to the list will be Obama himself, in November.

Mason writes
"Does Edwards control any pledged delegates? IIRC, he only suspended his campaign."

A good question. I think he can only urge delegates pledged to him to vote a certain way. Even then, I think they're supposed to vote for him on the first ballot.

Suddenly Hillary Clinton looks very stale.

bsimon - Perhaps Elizabeth's failure to endorse BHO will be addressed in the Revised Standard Version.

It's counterintuitive, one would think he'd support the candidate who is winning the votes of middle, poor Americans, but expected nevertheless. Obama NEEDED this endorsement, and it's just one in a long line of endorsements to boost the gaps in Obama's resume...
Though liberal media is touting it as IMPORTANT, it wasn't too long ago that the same media said his endorsement was meaningless.

Go-spin...

John Edwards??? Who cares what he thinks.

Go President Obama!

Are all the hillary supporters going to vote for "Bushco Term #3" ?

I doubt it. Only the secret bigots and racists will do that... Its good, too.

We don't beed them in the electorate!

Does Edwards control any pledged delegates? IIRC, he only suspended his campaign.

Edwards for VP or AG
Hillary, please drop out now so we Dems can win in November! Many will never forgive you if you do not bow out gracefully now.

Posted by: Yippee | May 14, 2008 5:36 PM
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Yippee: Did Obama win in your state?

Edwards for Attorney General!

Politically calculating. Edwards waited until the last moment to show his hand...not much of a surprise in that sense. Edwards was the best Democratic candidate, but it seems unclear he can or will do much for Obama. Obama is an empty suit who will say whatever is necessary to get votes. Voters see through that.

I think on the heels of Edwards getting 7% of WV last night it is significant. We're he to have waited any longer the importance would have been diminished.

I'm glad Edwards fell of the fence, regardless of which way he fell.

Before you ask: No, Edwards is not a superdelegate.

Welcome aboard, John!

It's great to have you here.

Obama '08

Honkey should have sacked up and done that nine days ago.

We'd have been talking about the GE all last week.

Well... guess that EDWARDS will be the VP.

Remember that OBAMA pays his debts.

Only issue is ...what will OBAMA DO FOR KENNEDY now that his VP is selected.

BEWARE THE BLACK WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING.

Edwards for VP or AG
Hillary, please drop out now so we Dems can win in November! Many will never forgive you if you do not bow out gracefully now.

This is just the latest death of the canary in Clinton's coal mine. Edwards had stayed neutral since dropping out of the race so he could make sure to back the winning horse. Now that it's clear that Obama will be the nominee he's come out of the woodwork with an endorsement.

Edwards is almost certainly angling for the VP nomination. He would seem to help Obama's "problem" with Clinton's core "Poor White Trash" constituency. Edwards also comes with a pre-baked cadre of supporters.

Will somebody please put Hillary out of her misery so we can get on with the business of trouncing McSame?

It's time for the Democrats to unite now, and crush the Republicans into rubble, not just for now, but for a generation.
Let's go!!!

Guess that means Edwards buddies the trial lawyers will be backing Obama. With that special interest in his pocket, Obama will not be passing any tort reform as President in order to lower wrongful malpractice or industry suits.

Confirmed by telepathy, you say? Good one, Chris!

Game over. Pick Edwards as veep while you're at it, Barack.

boy's club, boy's club, boy's club.

I look forward to the Edit to this post that includes analysis like: at this stage of the game, does it really mean anything?

It makes no difference to me. I will still not vote for Obama. He is not qualified to be president.

Oh well, another insignificant endorsement I'm sure will be said by the Clinton campaign after seeking the endorsement themselves since Edwards dropped out of the race.

NIce and sweet!

Time for the lady in the pantsuit to start singing.

Not so surprising, but this is huge nonetheless.

Edwards always been a loser and continues to be a loser!

Hopefully this sets the stage for the Obama/Edwards ticket. Edwards can reach voters that may not automatically support Obama. All in all it could be a powerful combination.

Obama/Edwards 2008

AND LET THE CHURCH SAY AMEN!

I wouldn't mind Edwards as Obama's veep at all.

Edwards, or Jim Webb, or Bill Richardson.

Better late than never. Edwards would be perfect as Secretary of Labor.

John Edwards is the Hardest Working White American in America. The West Pennsyltuckiana vote is now Obama's.

Doh!