That would be my guess.

Good for Obama.

vote getter....

John Murtha
Jay Rockefeller
James Webb
John Edwards
Robert Byrd

Er, how about Edwards' health care plan, her plan was the primary reason I was against her....

haha. transfer to HIM. not her.

lol  We've heard this tired refrain since Iowa.

now?

Are they released to support any candidate?

Can he deliver his pledged delegates this way?

he does have 18 pledged delegates. this isn't just kind words that mean little.

Edwards has political might.

I think Edwards was genuinely dismayed at Hillary's comments about "hard working white voters".  I think that's when he turned.  

He will definitely help in Kentucky.

Sour grapes.

Ouch. That's a little unfair to Edwards and Obama.... But I totally get it. I would have been just as upset if HRC was the nominee.

Yeah, this is me too.  I like Edwards but I think his endorsement is pretty late in the game, and frankly now it looks like they are all working to shove her out before it is over.  If he is Obama's running mate it would really change my opinion of him in general.

If Edwards was such an opportunist, he would have endorsed Obama long ago.  It's not like we're only figuring out today who the nominee is going to be.  We've known for over a long time.

So full of crap!

If Edwards would have endorsed Obama earlier, you would have bitched about how he should have stayed out of it and should not have reduced Clinton's chances in the primaries.  

He stayed out of until Clinton had ZERO chance of winning, and now you call him an opportunist!

If you thought Edwards would endorse Clinton you didn't understand Edwards.

No.  I have always and will always be a John Edwards fan, I just didn't see how he could win so I went with Hillary.  Obama is going to be the nominee, and Edwards' signature issue, healthcare, needs to have the nominee's undivided attention.  If he was really trying to help Obama, he would have done this in March.  

Why?  He's a moderate-conservative, part of the Southern/Midwestern Democratic establishment, and Left (rather than liberal).  He's in the half of the Party that is politically further to the Right.

That's the epitome of Obama support blocs, backroom helpers, and establishments.

...when Hillary endorses Obama in June?

WOW, those pics make me think of John and Bobby Kennedy for some reason....NICE!

It would be the best looking ticket in American history, no doubt...

This hetero male is kind of swooning over them.  Luckily they've got brains too.

Did you see Dodd trying to hang in that one picture.  Obviously he was not a part of the conversation.  Poor Dodd.

I suspect it will take Jerome a few minutes to process his rage and discuss, and another few minutes figuring out how to word his response so that it argues that this endorsement helps Clinton.

I'm sure he will find a way to make this sound like a terrible development for Obama.  Haven't you heard?  We are all DOOMED if Obama wins the nomination.  :)

Also, I'm pretty sure the only candidate Jerome actually liked was Warner, who he worked for.  Edwards was just his first alternative.

Sometimes I read a post such as this and think its snark.  But then I click the user page and realize its not.

...
Sad

Oh, give me a break...  The reason why many democrats don't like Hillary has nothing to do with her gender.  It's her record (especially on the war) and the tone of her campaign recently.

talk about losers!

"loser endorsed the loser"

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. - Inigo Montoya

Is this snark?

Did somebody actually mojo this comment?

Please tell me this is snark.

If anyone could prove it, Hillary Clinton could.

But I do not think you would find the Democrats sexism to be going the direction you mean.

You understand that to date, Clinton has benefited from people who said gender was an important factor in their decision, based on Exit Polling.

The shaky English is part of his shtick.  He's on assignment from LittleGreenFootballs.

Baseless accusations of racism are a ban-worthy offense on MyDD.  I wonder if the same standard could be applied to such flippant invocations of sexism, too.

that the majority of your comments are moronic.

You know, I'd like to believe that you're a troll and just having fun, but somehow I really think that in your particular universe it's sexist for a man to endorse a fellow man and not a woman.

Nope.  There could be NO OTHER REASON THAN A DISLIKE OF WOMEN IN POWER.  You got us.

Seriously, please, open your eyes.

lol!

More sour grapes!

no such hole. The WV race was below the fold. See how the superdelegates continue to align behind Obama?

forgot the link:

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N55AR

It's called alignment and unity for the sake of the party.  

Next stop: Dukakis-Gore-Kerry-ville, now accepting black people

So long and thanks for all the snark...

It was fun while it lasted, eh?  I was getting ready to leave this site until silly season was over, but it appears to have ended today.  People don't seem to realize that Edwards won a bunch of delegates in Florida too, if he directs them to vote for Obama even seating that state in full won't save Clinton.  Obama already won most of the uncommitted slate in Michigan.  Clinton has no trumps left.

I don't understand how you could be so joyful over the manipulation implied in your statement.  I can't understand how someone like John Edwards, who allegedly detests those types of games, would play along with something like this.  

Yes I agree Senator Obama has run an effective campaign against the Clintons

It didn't last time...

Maybe Sec'y of Labor. I think there are many places he could do a lot of good. I don't think VP either though.

Webb is my guess.  

Welcome aboard!

Let's beat up on McCain now please!

Obama/Hagel.

That is the ticket.

The gay rumors surrounding Crist will keep him off the Republican ticket, permanently.  He'll never go further than his current office.

Wasn't going to be Crist anyway; there are persistent rumors that he's gay.  In a normal Republican year that would kill the ticket, but especially in 2008 when McCain is going to have to fight like hell to hang onto his base, having a VP nom with gay rumors would gut his Christian Right support.

I think it's Pawlenty.

Jim Webb for sure, would be the smart choice.

Making up for lost time. I'm guessing the Florida will get the Gore endorsement rally.

Obama...very smart.

Keep those fingers crossed!

/snark

Also, the less relevant Edwards is endorsing Hillary.  The one that doesn't have any delegates, nor ever held an elective office.

But hey.  Grasp those straws!!

Except that his delegates will wipe out Clinton's margins  in WV, and probably KY as well.

I'd call it shrewd rather than desperate.

Edwards irrelevant?  26,000 west virginians who couldn't bring themselves to vote for a black man or a woman disagree with you.

Not sure if racism/misogyny are the reasons, but the exit polls are troubling in WV.  

Was there a primary yesterday?  

Except that this makes the next news cycle about Edwards endorsing Obama rather than about Clinton winning WV.  This story sucks all the oxygen out of the WV story, including the "OMG white voters don't like Obama!!!11!!111one!" bloviation binge the press has been on recently.  It also increases the power of the "it's over" meme by a power of 10.

This is excellent news! For Hillary!!!11!

Edward's never could deliver any states to Obama but, as you say, right now it has a much bigger effect. It makes the story 'the party leaders are lining up behind the nominee'. Obama doesn't want to many endorsements to early, not until the last primary vote is cast. So no one can say Hillary was denied her chance. He just needs enough coming out daily to keep the narrative on track. After WV he needed a little extra boost in that department which Edwards provided.

Word is Edwards didn't give her advance warning.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/ 2008/05/edwards-to-endo.html

Just because someone or some group endorses your candidate or the other, you are not obligated to love or hate them because of it.

Unless some scumbag misogynist doesn't support Hill, which is unforgivable as we have all learned.

Sigh...there is no popular vote. Nice myth, but that's all it is. Caucus results do not represent the popular vote of an entire state. How can you equate closed and open primary states? It's pure BS. Hilary had every chance since TX and OH to win it. All she had to do was win every remaining contest by 60 percent or so. Tough break, but she put it in on herself by having NO post Super Tuesday strategy.

Or did the party make that happen too?

Obama won it fair and square. Now can we PLEASE unite and take out McCain?

Associate justice of the Supreme Court.  Eat that, John Roberts!