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    Former presidential candidate John Edwards will endorse Sen. Barack Obama at a rally tonight in Michigan, Obama's campaign says. Both Obama and the other remaining Democrat, Sen. Hillary Clinton, had sought Edwards' blessing since the former North Carolina senator quit the race in January.
    CNN
    Be passionate about what you believe in, or why bother.

  • #2
    OK Hillary, the gig is up. Please stop opening up old and ugly scars.
    Make America Great For Once.

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    • #3
      Edwards gives long-awaited endorsement to Obama

      By CHUCK BABINGTON, Associated Press Writer 21 minutes ago

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

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

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

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

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

      When he made his decision, Edwards didn't even tell many of his former top advisers because he wanted to make sure that he personally talked to Clinton to give her the news, said the person close to him. Edwards' wife, Elizabeth, who has spoken favorably about Clinton's health care plan, did not travel with him to Michigan and is not part of the endorsement.
      Gosh. Now what ever in the world could explain John Edwards and Hillary Clinton drawing on the same demographic? It's a puzzler, fer sure.

      Moon

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      • #4
        I have no idea (and I guess I don't want one) why it's so important to you to characterize white working-class voters as racist. And particularly odd when you yourself did not support Obama.

        What are you trying to prove?

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        • #5
          Ladies and Gentlemen, the future Democratic nominee for Vice-President.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by 210 View Post
            Ladies and Gentlemen, the future Democratic nominee for Vice-President.
            Obama or Edwards?

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Reggie Cleveland View Post
              I have no idea (and I guess I don't want one) why it's so important to you to characterize white working-class voters as racist. And particularly odd when you yourself did not support Obama.

              What are you trying to prove?
              Not trying to 'prove' anything. But I think we are witnessing a historic event in the making, and I think that there are a lot of interesting things happening with the electorate that are worth discussing.

              You don't agree with my point of view. No big deal.

              Moon

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Reggie Cleveland View Post
                I have no idea (and I guess I don't want one) why it's so important to you to characterize white working-class voters as racist. And particularly odd when you yourself did not support Obama.

                What are you trying to prove?

                Because they are?

                1 in 4 WVers said race was an important factor in voting. 1 in fucking 4. And, those are the honest racists.
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                • #9
                  I thought Moon supported Obama from long ago. Almost everyone here did back in February.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by jack jones View Post
                    I thought Moon supported Obama from long ago. Almost everyone here did back in February.
                    Nope. I gotta be honest. I was an Edwards man way back. Once he dropped out, I went over to Obama.

                    Moon

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                    • #11
                      Sorry-I remember that. I was thinking of it in the Hillary vs Obama context.

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                      • #12
                        Whooboy, Edwards sure got out in front of this thing.
                        From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.

                        For more than 20 years I have endeavored-indeed, I have struggled-along with a majority of this Court, to develop procedural & substantive rules that would lend more than the mere appearance of fairness to the death penalty endeavor.


                        I feel morally and intellectually obligated simply to concede that the death penalty experiment has failed.

                        The path the Court has chosen lessens us all. I dissent.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by ppg shg View Post
                          Whooboy, Edwards sure got out in front of this thing.
                          No sense getting out in front when all you want is your nose in the rear.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Reggie Cleveland View Post
                            Obama or Edwards?
                            Do you really not know the answer?

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by 210 View Post
                              Ladies and Gentlemen, the future Democratic nominee for Vice-President.
                              I don't think so.
                              Be passionate about what you believe in, or why bother.

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