Reply #200: It isn't the behavior it is failing to estimate the political cost that Obama would incur [View All]

[karynnj]

nominating him. The fact is that, even before the affair was known, Edwards had little support in the Senate, which would have had to confirm him. You do remember that Feingold trashed him and not one Senator endorsed him. It was also significant that Kerry spoke very highly of Obama, Clinton, Dodd and Biden every time he was asked in 2007 once he opted out. He avoided saying anything about Edwards.

In addition, given that there would be this high political cost, what did he bring to the job that was special? A long career heading as a DA heading a well regarded crime fighting unit, preferably one he built up? No, if Obama wanted a tarnished politician who had done that - Spitzer is one. Did he investigate corruption while in the Senate? No His legal career was as a corporate lawyer for a short time, then a trial lawyer.

It seems Obama was not trading positions for endorsements, which is the responsible, right thing to do. Not to mention, by the time Edwards endorsed Obama - there was NO real value to his endorsement, even though the media was obsessed with it. It was too late and Edwards' ability to deliver many people was long gone.