This is the Presidential Campaign Thread.

Barack Obama Vs. John McCain.

Edited November 6, 200817 yr by Toups

This Is HUGE!!!!!

From CNN:

Edwards to endorse Obama

Posted: 05:08 PM ET

(CNN) — CNN has confirmed that former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards will endorse Barack Obama at a Michigan campaign event about an hour from now.

I'm waiting to see it on tv. All I can hear right now is blah blah blah from the media and Stevie Wonder's hits.

I'm waiting to see it on tv. All I can hear right now is blah blah blah from the media and Stevie Wonder's hits.

Let me know when it happens.

He said he would not endorse anybody. This is interesting.

Actually what he said is that he and his wife couldn't decide who they wanted to back obama or hillary. But I don't buy that they went with the person that will most likely win the nom so they could have a shot at vp.

Edited May 14, 200817 yr by EricaKane70

The former first lady added that she shouldn't have suggested in a newspaper interview that Barack Obama was having trouble winning over "hardworking...white Americans," saying the racial issues that have crept into the campaign offended her.

If she's offended then hopefully she'll be more mindful of saying those things but since this is the basis for her argument to the SDs then maybe she'll keep it private as she should have done in the first place.

Well I am glad she cleared that up. She really did not mean anything to sound racial or not...thanks for posting Wales! I think Obama also offended people over the bitter comments but hey they are human and make mistakes. Time to move on

Actually what he said is that he and his wife couldn't decide who they wanted to back obama or hillary. But I don't buy that they went with the person that will most likely win the nom so they could have a shot at vp.

I saw that part of an interview they did but he did say, at the end, that they would not spend any money on an endorsement. Either way, it is great he is making that endorsement.

Actually what he said is that he and his wife couldn't decide who they wanted to back obama or hillary. But I don't buy that they went with the person that will most likely win the nom so they could have a shot at vp.

Thanks for this, Erica.

I do remember him saying that.

From MSNBC:

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Democrat John Edwards endorsed former rival Barack Obama on Wednesday, fresh signs of the party establishment embracing the likely nominee even as Hillary Rodham Clinton refuses to give up her long-shot candidacy.

Edwards appeared with Obama in Grand Rapids, Mich., as Obama campaigns in a critical general election battleground state.

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.

Edwards, a former North Carolina senator and the 2004 vice presidential nominee, dropped out of the race in late January.

Both Obama and Clinton immediately asked Edwards for his endorsement, but he stayed mum for more than four months. A person close to Edwards, speaking on condition of anonymity, said he wanted to get involved now to begin unifying the party. Obama also signed on to Edwards' poverty initiative, which was a major cause for Edwards in his campaign and since he left.

When he made his decision, Edwards didn't even tell many of his former top advisers because he wanted to make sure that he personally talked to Clinton to give her the news, said the person close to him. Edwards' wife, Elizabeth, who has spoken favorably about Clinton's health care plan, did not travel with him to Michigan and is not part of the endorsement.

Actually what he said is that he and his wife couldn't decide who they wanted to back obama or hillary. But I don't buy that they went with the person that will most likely win the nom so they could have a shot at vp.

He already has said he doesn't won't to be VP!

Well I am glad he made his voice heard...thanks John!

He already has said he doesn't won't to be VP!

Now South it is possible that EK70 did not hear his plans of not wanting to be VP...don't get so excited now

He already has said he doesn't won't to be VP!

I think I read that too. I think he may be content with a good cabinet post.

I think I read that too. I think he may be content with a good cabinet post.

Secretary Of State or Defense.

Let me know when it happens.

I'm sorry I missed this.

Pat Buchanan is killing me right now. For whatever reason, I'm finding him and Chris Matthews going back and forth hilarious.

John Edwards was super kind to Hilary Clinton with the accolades and all and then he moved on to endorse Obama.

Secretary Of State or Defense.

I want Secretary of State to go to another African American so they can be the number one figure for diplomacy and advancing civil rights for that race....Maxine Waters of California sounds like a reasonable choice.

John Edwards or, if his wife gets better from the cancer, would be remarkable as Attorney General

Secretary of Defense...I would like to see a woman in that post. Since Dianne Feinstein works on a sub committee dealing with terrorism, it seems like she knows a lot about defense. Plus, she wrote a bill that closed loopholes that terrorists could use to register for citizenship.

John Edwards was super kind to Hilary Clinton with the accolades and all and then he moved on to endorse Obama.

He seems like an overall nice guy and the kind of attorney you would want fighting for you. I wish he was the nominee in 2004 instead of Kerry because he probably would have won. Kerry was just weak. I like him but again he was weak. He let their attacks get to him and not do what Bill Clinton did and just laugh them off.

Edited May 14, 200817 yr by DevotedToAMC

I wonder how John Edward's wife is faring. I think Edwards would make a very fine cabinet secretary. I hope he would entertain taking such a position.

Well I am glad she cleared that up. She really did not mean anything to sound racial or not...thanks for posting Wales! I think Obama also offended people over the bitter comments but hey they are human and make mistakes. Time to move on

I don't know how she meant to sound or what her intent was whether it was strategic or not well thought out but she did offend some people. I don't even know that her expression of regret necessarily clears it up for some people but as I said, I hope she keeps those kind of comments private in the future.

I'm not sure why you're equating what she said with what Obama said because they're not similar and he said right away he phrased what he said wrongly and he apologized numerous times. Besides that, I'm not sure how you say it's time to move on when you've mentioned the bitter comments yet again. I'm skeptical, are you moving on until you see fit to mention it again or are you going to drop it now?

I don't know how she meant to sound or what her intent was whether it was strategic or not well thought out but she did offend some people. I don't even know that her expression of regret necessarily clears it up for some people but as I said, I hope she keeps those kind of comments private in the future.

I'm not sure why you're equating what she said with what Obama said because they're not similar and he said right away he phrased what he said wrongly and he apologized numerous times. Besides that, I'm not sure how you say it's time to move on when you've mentioned the bitter comments yet again. I'm skeptical, are you moving on until you see fit to mention it again or are you going to drop it now?

She meant to sound like she was referring to a group she attracts and got descriptive...it is like me saying I attract hardworking, white, women. I am not racist.

I am merely saying that people got offended by both hers and Obama's comments and I just brought up the bitter ones again to show which ones people did not like. They both apologized for it so now it is time to move on and I have done that because it does not change my opinion of either one...but I just brought up the bitter comments to show that he also offended people.