So what happened to Edwards' big endorsement today?

[jgraz]

Didn't he say he was going to endorse by today? :shrug:

[glowing]

1. I hope he doesn't.... I would be dissapointed with either choice...

Thank God I'm in FL and nothing ever counts right in this state..

[jgraz]

8. I totally agree

Neither endorsement will help the candidate, and it may hurt Edwards' standing with progressives.

[DJ13]

2. Most of the rumors of him endorsing soon originate with the MSM

They seem desperate to see him endorse Hillary now that her momentum is gone.

[CTyankee]

18. I'm not hearing that at all from the MSM. They are all disparaging

HRC and talking about Obama's momentum. What have you been watching that gives you that impression?

[bunkerbuster1]

3. The only reason I could see him justifying an endorsement...

If Edwards genuinely believed that the two candidates were headed for a stalemate, wherein one would have a clear popular vote majority and the other would have a delegate majority, and he felt he could break the logjam and spare us something really ugly?

Maybe? Just thinking out loud.

[jgraz]

9. Except the rumor was that he was going to endorse Hillary

Which would totally fuck things up.

[jgraz]

10. dupe n/t

[Garbo 2004]

4. A DUer said Edwards would endorse today. Edwards hasn't made any public comment AFAIK. n/t

[jgraz]

6. Also ABC news via Air America's David Bender

Bender was on Rachel Maddow and said that he was also hearing rumors of a Saturday endorsement.

[Garbo 2004]

12. Out of that how do you get in your OP that Edwards said he was going to announce today?

Did the rumors actualy cite something Edwards reportedly said? There's a difference between speculative rumors and Edwards actually making such a statement.

[jgraz]

16. All the rumors said he planned to announce on Saturday

I guess that's why they call them rumors.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. Nasty DU rumor --

unsubstantiated, right?

[jgraz]

7. It may be unsubstantiated, but it didn't start on DU

See above.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

11. thanks.

Didn't Fleetwood Mac have an album about Rumors? :D

[BklynChick]

13. at this point, do you think anyone really cares?

[Garbo 2004]

15. Apparently Clinton and Obama do. n/t

[Yael]

14. I wasn't aware that he had said that

How long ago?

[Garbo 2004]

17. Edwards hasn't said that. The OP cites rumors, not Edwards. n/t

[Johnny__Motown]

19. I think he wants to wait until the convention, just my guess since he has already waited so long

[IDemo]

20. There was a story today that neither Edwards or Gore would endorse soon

Thought it was on msnbc.com, but I'm not finding it there.

[Renew Deal]

21. At this point, I think it's better for Edwards to not endorse.

He's got delegates and can be a player at the convention if necessary.

[IDemo]

22. found the article, NYT ->

Former Vice President Al Gore and a number of other senior Democrats plan to remain neutral for now in the presidential race in part to keep open the option to broker a peaceful resolution to what they fear could be a bitterly divided convention, party officials and aides said Friday.

Democratic Party officials said that in the past week Mr. Gore and other leading Democrats had held private talks as worry mounted that the close race between Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton could be decided by a group of 795 party insiders known as superdelegates.

The signs that party elders are weighing whether and how to intervene reflects the extraordinary nature of the contest now and the concern among some Democrats that they not risk an internal battle that could harm the party in the general election.

But they also provided an early glimpse at the complex set of tradeoffs facing party leaders, from their desire to make their own influence felt to their worries about offending the candidates and particular constituencies — not to mention the long, sometimes troubled relationship between Mr. Gore and the Clintons.

>>A number of senior Democrats, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi and three candidates who have dropped out of the 2008 race, former Senator John Edwards and Senators Christopher J. Dodd and Joseph R. Biden Jr., have spoken with Mr. Gore in recent days. None have endorsed a candidate, although Ms. Pelosi made comments on Friday that were widely seen as supportive of Mr. Obama when it came to the process the party should use to make its choice of candidate.

>>At a private dinner that Mr. Edwards, a former senator, held at his home last Saturday for a dozen close friends, he said he had spoken recently with Mr. Gore about the benefits of neutrality, someone who was at the dinner said. Although a number of his supporters had been urging him to endorse Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton has actively sought his backing, Mr. Edwards said he intended to remain on the fence for the time being, the person said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/16/us/politics/16delegates.html?_r=1&hp=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1203214188-A0lz1g0Ec8mrMMLcH/97JA

[Renew Deal]

23. Thanks, I've never seen that before!

:thumbsup:

[Mezzo]

24. I dunno but...

when there was a lot of buzz here last week about a national endorsement for Obama, I got all excited. When it turned out to be Lincoln Chaffee, I felt let down. (no offense to Obama or Chaffee fans) The result is I try not to get too excited anymore.