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Ernie Fitzpatrick asked:


You knew it was coming and there will be a lot more senior Democratic elders joining in. No one wants to be the last to jump on the train. Hey Jimmy and Al, it’s time to get on board. Show some courage, some resolve. Bubba and Hillary can’t hurt you now: maybe in 2012 but I doubt it will be the same world in 2012 for a lot of reasons!

Democrat John Edwards has given his long-awaited endorsement to Barack Obama. It’s a major boost from a former presidential rival as Obama tries to shrug off Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is determined to press ahead. And Michigan was a great place for it to happen since neither Edwards or Obama had their name on the primary ballot, but Hillary wants credit for winning Michigan.

Why not dream!

The endorsement comes the day after Clinton defeated Obama by more than 2-to-1 in West Virginia. The loss highlighted Obama’s work to win over the “Hillary Democrats” — white, working-class voters who also supported Edwards in large numbers before he exited the race. With victories like West Virginia, who needs them?

So much for Operation Chaos

Edwards, a former North Carolina senator and the 2004 vice presidential nominee, dropped out of the race in late January. Edwards, who is not a superdelegate, said last week that it was “fine” for Clinton to continue making her case but expressed concern that a continued campaign could damage the party’s prospects in November.

Wednesday’s endorsement could help Obama reach out to white blue-collar voters, a demographic that Obama has failed to capture, most notably in the recent Pennsylvania and West Virginia primaries. Edwards had campaigned on the message that he was standing up for the little guy, the people who are not traditionally given a voice in Washington, and that he would do more to fight special interests.

After dropping out of the race, Edwards asked both Clinton and Obama to make poverty a central issue in the general election and a future Democratic administration, something both agreed to do. But in the end, one needs to read the hand writing on the wall and go with the winner.

Thus, Edwards has endorsed Obama! Duh!

Bush Invented the Google asked:


Are we seriously looking to communist dictators to determine our own personal voting policies now?

If not, why does his prediction of who might win the U.S. Presidential race mean squat to anyone - Republican OR Democrat?

Ernie Fitzpatrick asked:


Guess what today is? It’s SUPER TUESDAY, the day we’ve all been waiting for. Who will get a slight nudge, if anyone, coming out of Super Tuesday? Barack Obama & Hillary Clinton are locked in a very tight race all over the place. What we do know is that the race for the Democratic nomination won’t be settled today, but someone will have the momentum and there seems to be no doubt that is the Barack-Star. But, can he maintain it against the Clinton political machinery? Remember, they don’t play fair!

And then there is the fantasy talk about a “dream ticket”. It sounds terribly exciting and history-making to have a woman and an African-American competing against the Republicans, but there are multiple reasons why this won’t happen. But, it simply isn’t going to happen- either way! Here’s what I see.

Clinton is too arrogant to share the limelight with anyone, even if that person is the Vice President. She will not be overshadowed by anyone! Clinton is popular in Democratic circles, but that pales in comparison to the love and affection showered on Obama. Obama has brought me to tears on a couple of occasions and I’m more of a Republican than a Democrat. He simply has a message of HOPE and that attracts folks on the left, right and the disenfranchised.

Being numero dos is unthinkable for Hillary. She’s not interested in second fiddle and doesn’t want to have to fight to be on the stage.

On the other hand, Obama would not want to carry all the Clinton baggage- can you say Hillary-Gate? He has offered a vision of change, and having to answer to the years of strife under the Clintons would be too much. Further, an Obama run would be about going after Republicans and independents, and Clinton being on the ticket would make that very difficult.

Besides, she’s also 60, and being VP to Obama means that if he wins two terms, she’ll be 68 running for the highest office in the land and she is hearing the “he’s too old” comments aimed at John McCain. Oh yes, and then there’d be the fact that Obama doesn’t really need the constant reminder that the first black president is married to his Vice President, should he choose Hillary, and that he dated more black women that Obama ever did. Who needs the reminders?!

And did I mention that there’s no love lost between the two, not to mention what mutual dis-respect Bubba and Michelle probably have towards each other. I simply can’t image such a dream ticket, which would relationally be a nightmare ticket that would make the Clinton-Gore relationship pale in comparison. Talk abdout the Hatfields and the McCoys!

Way too much bad blood between these two during this campaign. A lot of folks say that George H.W. Bush rankled Ronald Reagan by declaring his economic plan “voodoo economics.” That didn’t keep Reagan from adding Bush to the ticket. But Bush was one of these loyal guys who would have done anything for the party. That’s not Hillary who would do anything for herself only!

No, these two history makers will have to go it alone: and only ONE of them can do that, not both.