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John Edwards Endorsement: Thread Three

By Jeralyn

He begins with long praise for Hillary and goes into a unity pronouncement. He was good.

Now he's getting to the endorsement.

He starts with issues, which is odd, since the Obama and Hillary are so similar on them.

Update: He's not mentioning one distinction between Hillary and Obama. He's just reciting Democratic values. If you didn't know he was going to endorse Obama, you would have no idea he wasn't going to end by endorsing Hillary.

Now he says the voters have made their choice and there is one man who knows how to create change and it is Obama. So that's the reason for endorsing Obama.

It's not about ending the race, not about who would be a better President or who can better beat McCain. [More...]

The rest of his endorsement is not about Obama but a repeat of his own campaign speeches about One America and poverty.

I heard no reason to support Obama over Hillary other than ending the race and unifying the party, which he calls "One America."

It's over. It could just as easily have been Hillary standing next to him receiving the endorsement. Did anyone hear an explanation of why Obama would be a better candidate to win against John McCain?

Update: My take having heard the speech: The party leaders are concerned that Hillary's win in W.Va. and her anticipated win in KY, although it won't be by the same margin, is causing people to conclude Obama can't win in November against McCain. They want to cut that argument in the bud and by rallying behind Obama now, they're hoping to redirect the conversation.

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Full post as published by TalkLeft on May 14, 2008 (boomark / email).