The Obama supporters who blasted Edwards for waiting too long to endorse Obama...

[brentspeak]

...have very little political sense, because if ever Obama needed something right now, at this stage in the nomination race, to help boost his support among white, working-class voters, it's an Edwards endorsement. Hillary Clinton would, in all likelihood, still lose the nomination even without Edwards endorsing Obama; but she could still inflict political damage against Obama in the upcoming primaries -- political damage that would affect Obama in the GE against McCain. An Edwards endorsement helps to stymie the currently-growing sentiment that Obama will have trouble attracting the white, working class vote.

[Colobo]

1. Obama is very smart- he knows when to play his cards.

[Straight Shooter]

14. I think, in this case, it's Edwards playing his cards.

:shrug:

[WA98296]

2. I think Edwards was trying to keep the Corporate watch dogs off of Obama

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

3. Because of WV?

:rofl:

[brentspeak]

5. If you've been following the political analysis in the past week,

you would find that almost every analyst is now saying the same thing: Obama, from this point on, will be encountering increasing resistance from white, working-class voters. Even Obama recognizes that - article headline from the NYTimes: "News Analysis After Big Loss, Obama Woos Blue-Collar Voters (in Michigan)". http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/us/politics/14cnd-campaign.html Again, the issue isn't necessarily Obama vs. Hillary, as it is Obama vs. McCain.

So, exactly why are you laughing?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

8. Edit.

:eyes:

[high density]

4. It's a great media play

But politically it doesn't seem to have much of a meaning since Obama is already virtually certain to be the nominee by the honest metric (i.e. delegate count.) It is a nice middle finger to Clinton which works for me. I don't think it immediately increases Obama's "white working class vote" by any means.

[marions ghost]

6. my theory

Edwards waited until the NC primary was over....for more than one reason

:toast: :bounce: :kick: :kick: :kick: THANK YOU JOHN

[2rth2pwr]

7. Edwards has no clout, won't make a bit of difference.

[Justitia]

9. LOL - doesn't matter, eh? Edwards is now under the Clinton bus, like everyone else. Funny. -eom

[gabby garcia]

11. ha!

I bet clinton is off cryin' it up right now.

[cali]

16. Probably not, but he does have 19 pledged delegates. My bet

is the majority go with Obama. It also neatly takes care of obliterating hilly's big win, and dominates a couple of news cycles. It was already over for Hill anyway.

[2rth2pwr]

18. He doesn't own them, they are free to support whomever they choose after the first ballot.

[EFerrari]

10. I must just filter a lot of stuff out because I don't remember anyone blasting John.

Being frustrated, sure.

(If I did just miss it, please DO NOT disabuse me. lol)

[Hope And Change]

12. You can watch it now!

Edwards to endorse Sen. Obama
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama receives John Edwards' endorsement in Grand Rapids, MI

Watch it here----->http://edition.cnn.com/video/live/live.html?stream=stream3

[LTR]

13. I figured he would wait until the end

Gives his endorsement a bit more weight.

Next, I think it will be either Gore or Carter, if they just want to end this thing. Or Pelosi or Reid.

[w13rd0]

15. I don't think I'd want to have a beer with Obama...

...would certainly love to chat policy, especially tech policy. But hell, I wouldn't want to play the man in poker...

I spoke no ill of Edwards. It's long been apparent that, well, Obama has game.

[JNelson6563]

17. Today is Michigan's big day.

Maybe it is meant to help with the big effort going on in Michigan today.

Julie