CA Edwards Supporters Going Obama?

[NYCGirl]

From the San Francisco Chronicle

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=14&entry_id=23949

We'd love to be listening in on the conference call Sunday morning when Barack Obama -- and few of his top surrogates -- will be on the line with at least 50 top donors, organizers and grass roots door-knockers who supported John Edwards in California.

Already, at least three of Edwards' California co-chairs --- including San Franciscans Jeff Anderson and Jeff Soukup -- have decided to go O. Over the past few days Anderson has canvassed many key Edwards players across the state and found that about half are ready to move "and 90 percent of those are breaking for Obama."

Why? With the race tightening to a dead heat in California, many Edwards supporters realize they could provide the difference Tuesday, even without an official blessing from their (original) favorite candidate.

Anderson said Saturday that many of his fellow Edwardians feel that Obama has a better chance at "making real change in Washington as opposed to the back to the future kind that Clinton may bring."

"And many people I spoke with found their (the Clinton campaign's) use of the race card in South Carolina to be really distasteful," said Anderson, who with his partner Soukup raised $250,000 for Edwards and were members of his national finance committee.

Don't hold your breath waiting for an Edwards endorsement before Tuesday. Once he gives his blessing, he loses his leverage in the campaign: Getting both candidates to talk about poverty. But his peeps could have one by Sunday afternoon ...uh, hopefully before kickoff.

[Kittycat]

1. Excellent news, thank you for sharing.

I for one will be watching for poli-news vs. watching the game.

[lapfog_1]

2. no, just bananas.

as Obama and Hillary supporters kick and scream trying to get them to commit.

:)


Sorry... just a little bit of humor.

Hang in there, Edwards people. Ignore all of the back biting and catcrap going on between the two camps. Read both candidates' positions and records. And vote what your heart tells you to. Or vote for Edwards, I believe that he is still on the ballot.

[JorgeTheGood]

3. California doesn't do ...

anything at 90% ... period.

Sounds like a bunch of Obama's people feeding into the media.

[gasoline highway]

5. ....

Why do you always have to attack? If you're going to make an argument against the accuracy at least try. This stuff is mind numbing. I'm sad to call you guys fellow democrats, fellow Americans, if you just go into thread and thread and say "FUCK U (OBAMA)/(HILLARY)/(EDWARDS) SUCKX"

[dempartisan23]

4. GOBAMA!!

i think i am in love with this great man!!

[loveangelc]

dupe

[loveangelc]

6. delete

[loveangelc]

7. I feel as if Edwards supporters will go to Obama or Hillary based on the state.

in CA or CT i see them going more to Obama than in, say, Georgia or Alabama...

[wundermaus]

8. Edwardians are like cats... we don't do herd.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk7yqlTMvp8">In fact we are Tigers!

This Second Generation Californian is Voting Edwards.

Following the Crowd or Your Conscience?

[krabigirl]

9. Yep, i already voted Edwards absentee in CA before he left. but..

I probably would have voted Gravel or something if I'd waited.

[K8-EEE]

10. I'm a CA Edwards gal.....still trying to decide!

I might vote for Edwards just because I want whoever wins to know we are really SERIOUS about pushing the specific issues he brought up....