Edwards Endorses Obama for President
SEN. BARACK OBAMA ( D-ILL.): Thank you. Thank you, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Thank you. Thank you, everybody, thank you. Thank you. I am fired up. I’m fired up. I am fired up to be in Michigan. I’m fired up to be in Grand Rapids.
Look at this crowd. It is unbelievable. I am so grateful to all of you for taking the time to be here. I know that we didn’t have a chance to campaign here during the primary. And I felt bad about it. I didn’t have a chance to talk to you guys about the issues. I felt guilty about not campaigning. And so, as a consequence, I decided that I would try to give you something special. I decided that, on my first full day of campaigning in Michigan, that I wouldn’t be fooling around; that I wasn’t going to just do the same old thing. But I decided that I was going to bring up one of the greatest leaders we have in the Democratic Party. Please give it up for my friend, John Edwards.
FORMER SEN. JOHN EDWARDS, D-N.C.: Thank you, thank you. So, the question is — thank you. Thank you. So the question is what am I doing here? You know, I was promised a jet ski. And I hadn’t gotten it yet. I am proud to be here with all of you, proud to be in Michigan, proud to be in Grand Rapids. During the course of this presidential campaign, I’ve gotten to know the candidates and the top candidates very, very well. We have all been out speaking about the causes that are so near and dear to our heart as Democrats. And now we’re here down to two amazing candidates. And before I get too far, I want to take just a minute and say a word about my friend and your friend, Senator Hillary Clinton.
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Well said. It will be quite a challenge, especially with nearly 15% of voters thinking he’s Muslim.
Welcome aboard Edwards. I hope you enjoy the view from the top.
Most excellent.
Edwards still holding out for that Attorney General slot?
Worry less about the superdelegates and more about the older voters (age 55+), who are unequivocally rejecting Obama’s candidacy on the basis of his race or the mistaken belief that he’s a scary Muslim.This voting group has always and will continue to be the largest voting bloc in the United States. They, not Obama’s young supporters, will decide who is elected, like they do in every election.After the superdelegates break for Obama and he goes up against McCain, it will not be the cakewalk that many liberals are predicting because the older voters absolutely mistrust and even hate him for being black (and sounding like a “Muslim”), and it’s best to worry about this now while there’s still time.
Well, that position would probably be part of Housing and Urban Development. It may even create some efficiencies.