Will Obama and Edwards be hoping and changing together?
Yesterday’s big breaking news: John Edwards endorsed Obama. Although Edwards’s delegates may begin to move to Obama, bloggers wonder if this endorsement will really help the candidate at all. Michelle Malkin explains the endorsement: “One effete, big government liberal embraces another.” Should we be surprised that Edwards endorsed Obama now? Gawker says, “The timing of the endorsement certainly shouldn’t improve Edwards’ reputation as a slick, ambulance-chasing lawyer. He waited until the Democratic presidential hopeful had a virtual lock on the nomination, but not so long that his endorsement would be totally useless.” Can Edwards help Obama? Allahpundit says, “He couldn’t even deliver North Carolina to Kerry when he was on the ticket. The left adores him for his fight-fight-fightin’ nutrootsy rhetoric, but for all his alleged boldness he waited around here until Obama locked up the nomination before daring to announce for him.” At Redstate, Pejman Yousefzadeh says it’s just “bandwagoning.” And at the Fix, Chris Cillizza concludes, “Edwards has been out of the race–and the limelight–for months now and his endorsement doesn’t matter as much as it might have three months ago or even one month ago. Make no mistake: Both Clinton and Obama worked hard for and wanted Edwards’s support. But, his endorsement alone does not–and will not–drastically affect the race.” Still, as Reason’s David Weigel notes, “Something that really drives a stake into Hillary: Edwards has delegates.” Drudge asks if Obama-Edwards could be “The Ticket.” But at The Corner, Victor Davis Hanson says, “McCain should pray that Obama picks (he won’t) John Edwards as VP–he brings no executive record of experience, and offers less ideological balance; he has a poor record of winning primaries over two failed runs for the Presidency, has never appealed to working-class whites, hurt the Kerry ticket as a mediocre VP candidate, did poorly in past and present debates, and went even harder to the left (in scripted fashion) in the primaries.” Sounds like a winning endorsement!
