Edwards is yet another opportunist in the same old loser club, latte-left tradition as McGovern, Mondale, Kennedy, Dukakis, and Kerry. Nothing new here.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

The humor...

If he were to endorse Clinton... this would be the turning of the Tide...lol

wow

Lets not forget Edwards carries 19 delegates and his own SD vote

CHANGE is upon America!!!!!!!!

The BEST is yet to come!!!!!!!!

Edwards is part of the Kerry-Edwards train wreck. I still remember how he treated Hillary in the debates. I wouldn't vote for him if he was the nominee and Obama wasn't. He's old news and who cares anyway. He had 1% of supporters when he dropped out. The media wants you to believe that he could bring in some constituencies of Hillary's to Obama. Very few of his supporters went to Hillary anyway. The majority went to Obama. Hillary still has half the electorate even without Edwards supporters. I'm still angry about the last election 4 years ago. My vote was wasted for the last time.

Uh, Emily, wasn't John Edwards Mr. Working Class Champion before it was fashionable? He announced his candidacy in New Orleans' 9th Ward and went to work on a Habitat for Humanity house immediately after dropping out.

Edwards message will be, I think, clear: it's time to support the nominee.

I don't care if Franklin Delano Roosevelt is resurrected just so he can endorse obama.
Edwards lost his campaign AGAIN because people saw that he is just another phony politician trying to fool the voters - now they will see that obama is just like Edwards - no substance.
obama is just pandering to the Michigan voters - trying to make up when he told the media - MICHIGAN IS NOT IMPORTANT TO MY CAMPAIGN - eating your words obama?

It's not surprising that he endorsed Obama based on what he said in a debate last October:

"Will she be the person who brings about the change in this country? I believe in Santa Claus. I believe in the Tooth Fairy. But I don’t think that’s gonna happen. I really don’t. And I think that if people want the status quo, Senator Clinton’s your candidate. That’s what I believe.”

The Edwards endorsement says very loud and clear that he is with the position of unity, and against the politics of division, racism and separation. Thanks in advance to a guy I supported in 2004.

I'm glad to see someone has come to their senses. Edwards is no dum dum he can read the writing on the wall. Mrs. Clinton had better put her ego aside and work to ensure a democratic victory this fall.

Thats great news... I have always liked Edwards. Actually, I hope to see him as the running mate.

Hillary, run as an independent. The far left turned its back on Lieberman. But, you can win the middle and leave the extremes to Obama and McCain. True change. Go for the Gold

Whirlwind 24 hours.

Last night, a Democrat won in Mississippi.
(Many senior Democrats have said a Democrat could not win in the south).

Republicans have been panicking all day long. They are pointing fingers at each other and realize they are in big trouble for letting Bush run America into disaster.

Today, Edwards endorses Obama.

Wow!!!

Actually Vanessa, Edwards isn't a superdelegate.

It's still good news though.

Edwards as a running mate??? That's funny.. he couldn't even deliver his own state of North Carolina in 2004. HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!

You gotta give it to Obama; Slowing constricting Clinton with superdelegates into conceding.

She picked up 20 delegates in WV, but Obama has gotten 30 superdelegates over a week.

Even Clinton has to know, she's starting to look like a hamster running on the circular wheel full speed but going nowhere.

Yay: Edwards is refusing to be a "New Hill-Billy," pandering to the ignorant by their willingness to "obliterate" Iran and making false promises to eliminate the gas tax!

I knew this was coming. Of course it is big news! How can the CLinton adviser dismiss this endorsement. This will help Obama win over those on the fence and will help him win more blue collar votes. He has a huge lead in Oregon. What will Hillary say-that those white voters don't count?That Oregon is not an important state?

It doesn't matter, this soon to be former Democrat wouldn't vote for Obama if the Easter bunny endorsed him. The party has been hijacked and I'm out after a lifetime of being a Democrat. If not Hillary, then it's McCain for me.

I sill remember Edwards was the campaign dog for Obama during the debates. The loser usually likes to unite another one to fight with the opponent rather than fighting singly.

I think the campaign gets to personal.

I think those high profile Obama backers's psychology is like this:

they will feel disgraced if a woman wins, and reaches the goal they can never reach, so they would rather to endorse a weaker one.

Very simple, and pitiful reason behind.

They should be responsible for the country's history. They should feel guilty that, their choice is not to put the country first, but is to put their own grace first.

Obama just picked up another super delegate from WI!!!! Senator Lena Taylor:)

It would certainly be the best news the Clinton camp had during this whole campaign if he endorsed her.

What crybabies.

Amazing how many are still in denial.

If you are a Democrate, then your concern ought to be uniting around the Democratic Nominee to avoid another 4 years of failed BUSH politics in Washington: War in Iraq, Economy in recession, Tax cuts to the wealthiests, high gas price, ....

Democracy has worked and OBAMA is the Democratic Nominee.

Edwards releases his 19 pledged delegates... not a surprise that they will back OBAMA.

McCan't and all the cynical, disgruntled Clinton losers will be standing on an island all alone looking at each other saying "What Happened?"

It wasn't supposed to be like this!

OBAMA/EDWARDS 08

Obama / Edwards is the real dream ticket of 2008. Both have the character and leadership to bring some integrity back to D.C.

McCain / Anyone is a lobbyist dream ticket.

Now, its time for Hillary to snap out of it and get behind Obama.

She'll pop into formation next week.

Edwards joined the loser club along with Richardson. Now Obama can give all his millions to the party it's what they were interested in all along. They can all be happy together losing to McCain in the fall. Go McCain!

so every democratic losing contender has come on board: ted kennedy, edwards, kerry, bradley, hart....oops, still waiting on carter and gore. then it will be final: obama will have the endorsement of every democrat who lost a presidential bid since 1964, while Clinton will have the endorsement of the only democrat to win two terms since the 40s....lol. love the party of destruction.

Edwards probably has been in the bag all along, they just held off until they needed to defuse a big Hillary victory like last night. Obama and Edwards both make me sick, talk about your typical politicians playing the voters for fools! I think this may backfire and just make Clinton supporters angrier at Obama and push them further to McCain.

I agree - Edwards shows his true colors - he's just another egotistical, power hungry, opportunistic, hypocritical politician who can be paid off by any body. He's spineless! Good riddance. Edwards said he was the working people's candidate - but they sure didn't vote for him! As we saw last night - working americans are voting for Hillary! and in big, BIG numbers.

I hope you people switching from Clinton to McCain realize that the next president will likely nominate two new Supreme Court Justices. One more round of conservative judges replacing the outgoing crowd and its bye-bye Roe v. Wade, along with a lot of other good, moderate jurisprudence.

Good news for Obama to be sure - I don't see how this endorsement is anything but a positive for the Obama campaign. However, it hurts to see that we democrats are so quick and ready to turn on each other in an instant. I can understand that each candidate has flaws and good qualities; but if you take an honest, unbiased look; their platforms are nearly identical. I'd be proud and happy to vote for either in November. I'm sick of the war, I'm afraid that Roe v Wade might be overturned, I want the economy to grow and restore this country as it used to be. Even if Clinton loses, she will certainly be assured a prized position (VP?) in determining the policy of the country if the Democrats win in Nov. I believe the same is true for Obama if Clinton wins. Seriously, I understand the enthusiasm but we should let this race play out and support the winner wholeheartedly.

The Clinton camp continues to make the case that superdelegates are concerned about Obama's loss in West Virginia and other swing states.
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Well, I guess they just aren't getting the message then. Not one super delegate has declared for Hillary since her WV win.

Keep fightin' Hillary! Edwards' endorsement means nothing...are we forgetting that he's been on a losing ticket as a veep and dropped out of this race!!! Hillary's fight is exactly what we need in the White House!! Just when Obama thinks she's down...She wins again!!! GO HILLARY!!!

I'm still not going to be bullied into voting for Barack. New kind of politics..Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! With the oldest establishment in the country. The good ol' boys club...Ha! Ha! Ha! This is hysterical! On to KY for another landslide victory!

Hillary 08'

Obama got at least one today... her case doesn't make much sense ..

You gotta give it to Obama; Slowing constricting Clinton with superdelegates into conceding.

She picked up 20 delegates in WV, but Obama has gotten 30 superdelegates over a week.

Even Clinton has to know that she's starting to look like a hamster running on the circular wheel full speed but going nowhere.

atl76 -- please dont try to preach to me about what a "real" democrat would do. i have been voting dem since '84 -- when i first reached 18. sorry, you have no standing to define what it means to be a real dem.

the hard facts -- great analysis. obama supporters are using scare tactics to get clinton supporters on their side. amazing. but all along, when we were complaining of disparate treatment, they said that we were whining and that clinton is a racist and that they couldnt wait for her to lose. if clinton is so evil, why do they want her supporters? why do they want her to campaign for obama? perhaps they were lying about clinton all along -- just to get obama elected.

kate- it doesnt matter what the super-d's do. obama wont win because we clinton supporters will give HIM the finger in november. good bye obama. lol. the dems lose again. what's new?

Not GOOD NEWS??? If it was for Hillary they would be turning back flips...

Lots of Independents don't have to worry about being called a traitor. We're going to vote McCain over Obama anyday. Too bad there was no way to exit poll all the Indepepndents who weren't able to vote in the primaries.

I wish these Clinton supporters would get so angry, they become speechless.

It may not be "great news", but it should have been expected. Hillary shouldn't have expected such a far-left person as Edwards to endorse a moderate (Hillary). He is naturally going to gravitate toward someone with similar politics... the politics of Socialism. Yes, I know Hillary wants to "socialize" medicine, but America's medical system NEEDS to be regulated. This doesn't mean the entire company needs to adopt a Robin Hood policy, as espoused by Edwards and Obama. I've contributed to Hillary's campaign three times; I guess I'd better make it four.

DON'T give up, Hillary!

Minnesota1 -- just because the DNC pays you to post, doesnt mean we have to jump on board. The "real" enemy is the DNC. I'm not voting for Obama. sorry.

Obama-nation - just because you lack cojones to take a stand and instead just preach the same drivel we hear everyday, does not make us shameful. lol. i think opposing sexism and elite democratic bigotry is more important than getting a dem in office. How about this: Not just any DEMOCRAT, please!

i'm sick of hearing obama talking about change. He has done nothing for Illinois. I have not heard what or how he's going to change Washington. No one person can promise that. You can't get 600 people (congress) to agree on anything. The democrats control congress now and they've got anything done since they've been in. So much for their promises

"Last night, a Democrat won in Mississippi.
(Many senior Democrats have said a Democrat could not win in the south)."

Well that's stupid - Louisiana has a Dem senator. And there are Dem members of the House and Senate from the South.

I'll be honest. I don't like Hillary, for a lot of reasons that her defenders would definitely debate. It's a pretty strong dislike.

But I would NEVER vote for McCain. Ever. Even if the nomination was taken from Obama, as some Clinton supporters claim the nomination is being taken from her.

I would vote for health care. And education. And stopping this travesty of a war.

Isn't that more important than personality?

Don't vote for a candidate that most analysts have as being *very* similar in position to Clinton? In order to vote for McCain?!?

That's just nuts.

Can anyone taking this position please explain?

No, it's not just about "electing the first black President" as "Get Real" said. It is also not about blindly following orders from the Star Chamber about who to vote for. Remember, the Democratic party bosses and their puppets are entitled to an opinion, but it's worth no more than yours and mine. And each of those dictatorial goons gets ONE vote, the same as each of us does. This entire procedure stinks; how about letting the American PEOPLE vote. The DNC should shut up. I am STILL for Hillary; I don't care what Howard Dean or John Edwards say. I just don't understand why they'd prefer that I vote for Old Man McCain, but I will if Obama is the nominee.

Ben C, it's not about personality; it's about politics. My wife and I will vote for McCain if we cannot vote for Hillary Clinton, simply because we don't feel the need to take America as far to the left as Bush has taken it to the right. Hillary Clinton is the closest thing to a moderate as we're going to see this year, which makes her the least scary. Old Man McCain is such a mixture of politics that it's hard to figure where he will "land" on any given day. But he is still a moderate compared to Bush (and Obama).

lol - you people telling us to "get real" or "accept the inevitable" need to take your own advice: we are not voting for obama. lol. let that reality sink in.

and for those of you who question our party loyalty - lol. i've voted dem in every election - state, local, and national since '84. i thought the party stood for my values. but i dont believe in sexism, unequal treatment of candidates, disparaging loyal democrats, like the clintons, distorting history to make candidates look bad, media snowjobs, and calling uneducated voters bigots. sorry - you lost my vote and every day it just gets worse. i am not turning back.
ps: before you call me a racist - i'm black. lol. this is too rich. i started predicting the dems would lose in december. now it's looking certain.oh well. i guess it's clinton in 2012.....

John Pen: ....and how many states did Obama win in a row before that? Hmmm?

No one believes ANYTHING the Clinton campers say anymore. Why bother even reporting it?

many Americans will simply not vote for Obama no matter who endorses him. Many Americans continue to feel Obama is too liberal, too unpatriotic, too shady, and too unexperienced to be President. Slowly the DNC party realizes Obama is not electable in a general election...but it will be too late..just ask Kerry.

Posted by: The Hard Facts |

ALSO GEORGE MCGOVERN WHO HAD THE SAME AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS AND 19 YEAR OLD COLLEGE KIDS AS OBAMA.

BY THE WAY MCGOVERN LOST 49 STATES OUT OF 50......SAME AS OBAMA WILL LOSE.

Sour grapes is not becoming.

So.....those of you that won't vote for Obama.....do you think Hillary can win without the people who voted for Obama?This trashing of the other candidate of the same party simply destroys your candidate's chances of winning as well. This is INSANE. If this is how the Democrats treat each other and lose what would otherwise be a shoe-in election YOU DESERVE WHAT YOU GET! What idiots

Two more losers left Gore and Carter and any one over thirty see wright thru Edwards slime.

John Pen, your analysis is pretty good, except you're forgetting that the Republicans have nominated a "clunker" this year. Old Man McCain is NOT the best the GOP could have put forth; he is a mixed bag of political views, which change on an almost daily basis.

I do agree, however, that by November the American people will have figured out Obama and won't want to vote for him. But it will be too late, and we may get stuck with him. Hillary is our only hope, but members of the Star Chamber (the DNC) are doing everything in their power to destroy her.

tony,
I'm also Black and feel the same as you about the way this election process has gone. Isn't it just sorry how the Democrats can find a way to lose every presidential election because of the stupidity of the DNC. This year however they have the Media to help them, just to get the "biggest story" of the century - "US Elects A Black President". This is just like the movie "Wag the Dog" where reality is what the media says it is. Not for me. I still believe in substance not fluff. And Obama is the "Fluffiest" I've ever seen. Talking about "entitlement"!! Does he think America "owes" him something just because he's black? Try someone more worthy like Colin Powell who has a ton more experience and more class than Obama.

Obama Nation -- keep dreaming! The fact that you cannot accept the fact that people cannot legitimately withhold support from the Lord Obama is pretty pathetic.

Rhyms - yes, I am black - and not supporting Obama or the Dems in '08...a lifetime Dem.

maria hopgood - how can this endorsement help him with blue collar whites when they didnt even vote for edwards himself???? strange logic.

Yes, OBAMA NO, yes. I couldn't have said it better myself. Sadly, Obama's supporters will probably scroll right past.

Mayday, you're overlooking the fact that some of us vote for the PERSON, not the party. In my 69 years, I have voted for Republicans and Democrats, almost equally. I honestly don't care which party a candidate belongs to if I agree with most of his/her political philosophies. At the moment, there are still three viable candidates, and Hillary would be my choice if I could vote today. But if she is taken away by the party bosses in their "smoke-filled room", then I will vote for my second choice, John McCain. You shouldn't assume that everyone votes a straight party ticket.

kitty - that article was written by a black political science professor at the university of pennsylvania.

Get real: I am actually embarrassed that blacks were so unquestioning about Obama. IF anything we are open to questions, but with Obama, it will get you cut. What exactly did he do to deserve such heightened protection?

John Pen~

Those special elections loses are starting to burn, huh? MS-01 must have been especially hard to swallow. But hey, you guys had it in the bag... Just like ol' man McCain.

The times, they are a changing.

Everytime the People pass on BO, he trotts out another endorsement. Something about this just stinks to high heaven. I think the whole thing is fixed.

I'll be honest. I don't like Hillary, for a lot of reasons that her defenders would definitely debate. It's a pretty strong dislike.

But I would NEVER vote for McCain. Ever. Even if the nomination was taken from Obama, as some Clinton supporters claim the nomination is being taken from her.

I would vote for health care. And education. And stopping this travesty of a war.

Isn't that more important than personality?

Don't vote for a candidate that most analysts have as being *very* similar in position to Clinton? In order to vote for McCain?!?

That's just nuts.

Can anyone taking this position please explain?

In the end, the DNC as well as Obama and his supporters, will reap what they have sown.

For sure, their harvest will be very, very bitter...

A Proud, Black, Hillary Supporter
Rise, Hillary, Rise!'08

yeah

the clinton people on here...it's just sad...just ...sad.

It's like watching one of those episodes of "intervention"

sad....

what the heck were you voting for the woman's birthright or your country?

people are dying...children are suffering our country is getting less safe because of this war...

women's rights are endangered by a Mccain supreme court selection process (no matter if we have a dem congress or not...it would be heavily effected by a vote for John McCain and by doing showing support for his policies...i.e. overturning roe)

It is asinine to go from Hillary to McCain unless you did not care about a single issue that is facing our country.

All this hostility is so unpatriotic. It doesn't make sense to vote for McCain out of spite because your favorite candidate didn't get noominated. It's not about voting for Obama to unit the Democratic party.

The real choice is much more important than that. Vote for McCain if you want to continue the war and let it bankrupt our country. Vote for McCain if you want to watch our planet die and our economy go to pot because nothing is being done about our dependence on oil. Vote for McCain if you want Roe v Wade to be overturned.

I will vote for either Obama or Clinton because I don't want my son or daughter to die in Iraq, I want my daughter to have a safe choice if she every has an unwanted pregnancy and I want our planet to survive because we have found sustainable energy.

Too bad emotions are getting in the way of logic.

All this hostility is so unpatriotic. It doesn't make sense to vote for McCain out of spite because your favorite candidate didn't get nominated. It's not about voting for Obama to unite the Democratic party.

The real choice is much more important than that. Vote for McCain if you want to continue the war and let it bankrupt our country. Vote for McCain if you want to watch our planet die and our economy go to pot because nothing is being done about our dependence on oil. Vote for McCain if you want Roe v Wade to be overturned.

I will vote for either Obama or Clinton because I don't want my son or daughter to die in Iraq, I want my daughter to have a safe choice if she ever has an unwanted pregnancy and I want our planet to survive because we have found sustainable energy.

Too bad emotions are getting in the way of logic.

Thank you John Edwards! The Clinton campaign can try to spin this, but it has overshadowed Hillary and WV. Did you see the MSNBC guys laughing and laughing about this a while ago??? LOL.

I think the timing is really poor if they are trying to heal the democrat party. It looks more like the men are just bullying the ladies (sweeties).

I hope the people here saying they will vote for McWar if Hillary doesn't win understand the gravity of that choice: TRILLIONS more debt, more DEAD soldiers needlessly in Iraq, more tax cuts for billionaires and corporations at the expense of the middle class, no healthcare, more extreme right supreme court justices, ruined environment, more loss of our national honor, loss of Constitutional freedoms, and on and on...

This is not a game people. I'm sorry your candidate isn't winning, but suck it up. McBush will be a DISASTER for America. No joke.

I Just have one question for all of the Clinton supporters here who declare their intention to vote for McCain if Obama gets the nomination.
If by some miracle Mrs Clinton gets the nomination do you think she can win if the Obama supporters adopt the same position you now have?

Before you all attack me I will just like to point out that I am currently a Clinton supporter and I have voted twice here in New York for Mrs. Clinton.

I will suggest to all here that you think carefully about putting your country in the hands of McCain for a third Bush term.

mykle -- great job. you are just egging us on. thanks. insulting my intelligence is not a good way of persuading me to change my mind.

JJane -- I have thought more about remaining loyal to a party that endorses media bias, that bashes loyal dems, that treats older people as inherently biased and uncreative, that views a presidential election as an episode of american idol, that has men going around embracing sexism, while they complain about racism - real or imagined. sorry. there are other principles besides voting for a dem. i have never voted repub. earlier i was just going to vote dems for everything and leave the prez slot blank. now, i'm leaning towards voting for mccain. it will help him out in my swing state (fla).

Let's face facts - when a person says they are a life long Democrat but if Obama wins the nomination they will vote for Mccain, they are either stupid, racists or both! You can't explain that stupid logic to me no matter how long you try. I wanted Hillary, but I am not stupid enough to vote against my economic interests that would be just plain stupid. It's no wonder that the politicians and pundits play the race card it works on the unintelligent amongst us! geesh!

Lou if you hate pandering they you must just hate Clinton! lol lol And McCain is the worse. He is a dem one day in front of one crowd and a gop the next. Even the Repubs think he's nuts. It appears that you will have to cut off your nose to spite your face again and NOT vote. Good luck with that!

John Pen - the Dems must lose. They are trying to break a record for the number of losses in a 60 year period!

I am a candidate on the Democratic party in Idaho and I will support whoever the nominee is. We Democrats must stick together to defeat McCain in the fall. Our country cannot tolerate another 4 years of Republican misrule. I commend Edwards on his choice and remind you that it is time to take the Presidency! The time is now. The country and the world cannot wait. Vote Democrat!

Emily's right. And in other news from Hillaryland, did you hear that NARAL is full of traitors who will no longer be classified as women as of today's endorsement, that the 32 states who voted for Obama no longer count as part of the USA, that votes from voters under 40 will be counted negatively against Obama's total popular vote, that the 1.5 million people who donated to Obama are all oil company lobbyists who stole money from elderly women to give to Obama, and that anybody who lives in a caucus state is a communist.

Lots of bitter Hillary supporters here. I knew it was over for Hillary when the "Hillary Nutcracker" went on sale for half-price. Obama 2008!!!

Barack in Kentucky,
It's not surprising. He and his followers already thinks he's the second coming of Christ.

Tony, The next president of these United States of America will have a perhaps once in a lifetime chance to make appointments to the supreme court that will last for decades. McCain very recently stated that he will appoint judges just like Bush did. Do you Tony and the other Clinton supporters want that to be a part of the legacy you leave?
I will have to admit that prior to coming to this site I naively assumed that the supporters of Mrs. Clinton like myself were good people but I am seeing a great deal of racist, comments coming from some Clinton supporters here. I see a lot of the Rush Limbaugh and others of the lunatic right crap being spouted here.
MOST OF ALL AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH I SEE THE SAME THINGS THAT WERE SAID ABOUT BILL CLINTON IN HIS UPSTART campaign being said about OBAMA.

Like I said before I am a Clinton supporter and I see her simply being bested by a better run campaign. She made too many early mistakes. It is my hope that it is not too late for here, but, TONY the future our kids and generations of ours too come is too important to place it in the hands of McCain.