Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) is also endorsing Obama

[CreekDog]

http://www.projo.com/news/content/Kennedys_Obama_01-28-08_LV8PBN8_v54.2a330f1.html

Kennedys to back Obama

01:00 AM EST on Monday, January 28, 2008

By Scott MacKay

Journal Staff Writer

PROVIDENCE — Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the Democratic Party’s liberal lion, and his son, Rhode Island Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, will endorse Barack Obama for president today, giving the Illinois senator a new jolt of momentum in his campaign against New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Democratic nomination.

The Kennedy endorsements come in the wake of Obama’s historic landslide victory Saturday in South Carolina’s primary. More important, they arrive eight days before the round of 22 state primaries and caucuses on Feb. 5 that loom as a de facto national primary that could decide whether Clinton or Obama wins the nomination.

The endorsements will be issued at noon at an Obama rally on the Washington, D.C., campus of American University, Patrick Kennedy said in an interview yesterday. He and Edward Kennedy will be joined by Caroline Kennedy, the only surviving child of the late President John F. Kennedy, who only yesterday announced her support of Obama.

Patrick Kennedy said he decided that after eight years of President Bush — and what Democrats assert is a governing style that has mismanaged the Iraq war and the economy, badly botched the response to Hurricane Katrina and dimmed the reputation of the United States abroad — it is time for dramatic change.

[City Lights]

1. Great news!

:bounce:

[Bitwit1234]

28. SO HE WON ''''ONE STATE''''' AND

he is now the next coming of the Messiah...darn...Hillary won three.

[cali]

32. you can't even count. sad. He won Iowa and South Carolina. That's two, you genius, you.

And she won two. Michigan does not count. It may later, but it doesn't now.


2 to 2. Got it?

[Califooyah Operative]

35. Yea but your forgeting...

that South Carolina doesn't count anymore even though it actually has delegates and Michigan does count now even though they have not delegates. Somethings wrong isn't it?

[hogwyld]

2. And the hits just keep on coming... n/t

[cali]

3. Another day, another Kennedy endorsement

and another super delegate. Fantastic.

[BeyondGeography]

4. What about Yankee pitcher Ian Kennedy?

I want ALL the Kennedys.

[SoxFan]

13. Every Kennedy? Even this one?

[BeyondGeography]

27. So I got a little carried away...

[SoxFan]

30. And by the way...

[cboy4]

5. Can't the Kennedys think for themselves, or does everything

have to be a "family dinner table" decision?

Interesting. (in quotation marks).

[Freddie Stubbs]

9. RFK Jr. and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend have endorsed Hillary

[Virginia Dare]

11. Did Joe endorse anybody?...

I know Ethel also endorsed Obama.

[Mass]

29. Not to my knowledge. I wonder if he will.

[Mass]

31. They do. At least as much as you do and probably a lot more.

[mckeown1128]

6. Excellent!!!

Does anyone have an updated super delegate list?

[City Lights]

26. I've been looking for an updated list this morning, but haven't had any

luck. All the lists I've found are outdated.

[DaLittle Kitty]

7. The Kennedys Are Trying To TAke The Party Back From The Clintons... Think About It!

:think:

[Virginia Dare]

10. Why, I wonder?

I remember when Jackie O put her pesonal seal of approval on the Clintons, invited them for some very intimate chats on her yacht, etc. There certainly wasn't any public rift between them. There's also talk that RFK Jr. wants Hillary's Senate seat. Something must be going on behind the scenes?

[sunonmars]

12. Exactly, think about it, Ted Kennedy may be thinking.....

that if the Clintons take the Presidency again, they become the Premier Democratic family name over the legacy of the Kennedy's, he so doesnt want that.

Thats probably a good reason why.

[hogwyld]

8. The bad thing I see in this

Is when Hillary wins Florida, the news cycle will change, and the Kennedy story will be forgotten.

[Benhurst]

14. Not around here.

:rofl:

[tekisui]

19. No one will pay attention to the FL *win*, same as MI.

[sunonmars]

21. yeah keep thinking that in your little bubble because the public will be

[tekisui]

22. .

:rofl:

[Muddy Waters Guitar]

25. No, Tekisui's right-- candidates not campaigning in MI or FL

so the media doesn't follow them and doesn't care. Remember, in Michigan the media covered the GOP side but ignored the Dems since no delegates at stake, and because of the pledges, the candidates (other than Hillary) didn't campaign there. Same deal with FL-- the GOP side will get a lot of attention, while on the Dem side, since there's been no campaigning and no contesting, and no delegates, it's a non-story. Journalism 101.

[MethuenProgressive]

15. This is the "late for a vote" driving while drinking and druging Kennedy, right?

(it's hard keeping all them Kennedys straight)

[sunonmars]

16. Don't mention Chapaquiddick either

Yes its that Kennedy.

So yes, the endorsement is from that quarter.

[hogwyld]

17. That's kind of a cheap shot isn't it? n/t

[sunonmars]

20. well if cheap shots are the order of the day, lets bring them on

Christ knows, Obama's fired enough of them at Hillary.

[hogwyld]

34. Channeling GWB I see. Bring it on!

[workinclasszero]

18. Woo-Hoo!

The Kennedy wing of the party fights back!!

GO OBAMA!!!!:toast: :woohoo: :applause:

[Adelante]

23. Bring on those superdelegates!

YAY :)

[sunonmars]

24. Superdelegates all waiting until 05/02, then will endorse.

[cali]

33. not quite, pumpkin. In the last 24 hrs Obama has picked

up 4: Becerra from CA, Governor Sebelius of KA, Senator Kennedy and Representative Kennedy. I expect we'll see quite a few more this week. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.