Thursday, May 15, 2008

Edwards Endorses Obama

Edwards Endorses Obama

Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards has endorsed Barack Obama for president. Edwards, a former North Carolina U.S. senator, made the announcement Wednesday at an Obama rally in Grand Rapids, Mich. "There is one man who knows in his heart that we have to build one America -- not two -- and that man is Barack Obama," Edwards said. Obama, who introduced Edwards as "one of the great leaders we have in the Democratic Party, " responded by saying he was grateful to him for coming to Michigan and giving his endorsement. The endorsement comes at a time when political observers are questioning Obama's appeal to white, blue-collar voters, a group to which Edwards openly appealed. Edwards's endorsement also brings in tow 19 convention delegates he won in early party selections. He could urge them to give their support to Obama, though they would not be obligated by party rules to do so.

(John Sullivan and Julie Bosman, THE NEW YORK TIMES, 5/14/08).

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