http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters/320946Obama-Backing Edwards Elbows Aside Clinton
posted by John Nichols on 05/14/2008 @ 7:26pm
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But the truth is that Edwards was in Michigan to bury Hillary Clinton, at least as a presidential candidate.
"When this nomination battle is over, and it will be over soon, brothers and sisters, we will have a united Democratic party," Edwards declared.
The Edwards endorsement, delivered not in an upcoming primary state such as Kentucky or Oregon but in the contested former-primary state of Michigan, was not a primary endorsement. It was a positioning moment for a November race in which everyone – including the savvy senator from New York – knows that Barack Obama will be carrying the Democratic banner into competition with Republican John McCain.
"I will do whatever it takes" to elect the Democrat, said Clinton. Would Clinton like to be on that ticket? Probably.
Might she have some new competition? Absolutely.
No one missed the fact that Barack Obama and John Edwards looked right together. "They looked fantastic together," gushed Jill Zuckman, the Chicago Tribune's able political writer. "They looked like a ticket."
Even Obama seemed to notice.
"I haven't been seeing John as much," said the Illinois senator. "I forgot how good he is."
The soon-to-be nominee won't forget again.
Neither will Hillary Clinton.
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