So Edwards is unlikely to ENDORSE? I thought HRC had that one locked up? Oy Vey!

[wndycty]

Weren't some DUers crowing about Edwards endorsing Hillary? What happened? Omentum?

As of now Obama is the only one to receive the endorsements of former presidential candidates.

Edwards unlikely to endorse
By DAVID PAUL KUHN | 3/21/08 6:25 PM EST

John Edwards is unlikely to endorse either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton before the nomination is decided, according to interviews with several members of the former candidate's inner circle.

At least three individuals who have recently spoken to Edwards expect that he will choose to stay out of the fight, though they warn that no one other than his wife, Elizabeth, can be certain of his thinking.

“My gut instinct, at this point: He’s probably going to remain neutral and sort of try to play on that Al Gore status as party elder,” said a former Edwards operative who is in regular contact with the former North Carolina senator and who asked that his name be withheld.

“There is a real space for him to be an advocate for the issues that he cares about but also to play a role as a party elder,” he continued. “I think he is, at this point, probably going to take the route of 'We got two great candidates, let the people decide.'”
-snip-

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9162.html

[splat]

1. Because Mark Halperin said so? You believe one-man rumors?

[wndycty]

2. No but I saw a bunch DUers predicting that he would do it on Leno last night. . .

. . .predicting that us Obama folk would turn on Edwards, yada yada yada. . .

[splat]

4. Uninformed Internet commenters. God help us if we ever get 'news' that way

[saracat]

3. No one can speak for John. I have always hoped he might NOT endorse.

But if he does, I am resonably sure it wouldn't be Obama. Health care is a real issue and so is Labor and Obama votes have not been good. Hillary at leat has the right health care plan. Still . he is probably not going with either and I don't blame him.

[NC_Nurse]

5. Party elder? He was in the Senate for ONE term, and he spent a lot of it

campaigning for Prez and then Vice Prez. Then he was out of politics except for preparing to run again.
How did he become a party elder?

[latinolatteliberal]

7. i was about to say the same thing. nt

[wndycty]

8. I would say two viable presidential runs, with significant party and grassroot support. . .

. . .through out the country, not to mention is run for VP makes him an elder.

[NC_Nurse]

10. Not compared to MANY other like Biden, Kennedy, Dodd, Kucinich,

Boxer, Richardson. He only actually won once.

[karynnj]

14. well in those two runs he won just one primary

or 2 if you count nc but that was after Kerry was the defacto nominee. Consider after 2004, the party did not consider Kerry a party elder - and he came 59,000 votes from being President. People speak of Kerry becoming one - and he is running for his 5th term.

It also means he is no longer contending for the nomination.

[City Lights]

6. I believe that rumor was started last Sunday on one of the talk shows by

someone from Time. Can't remember who it was though.

[LisaL]

9. Actually, it was a rumor, which made a bunch of DUbamas

angry at Edwards.

[Cha]

11. Thanks for your input lizzy..there were also

a bunch of Obama supporters and Obama supporters who formerly supported Edwards for Prez, like myself, who didn't believe the crap comin' from mark halperin or rick stengle.

"1776Forever (971 posts) Sun Mar-16-08 11:37 AM
Original message
Rick Stengel of Time Magazine Said on the CMS Edwards to declare for Clinton soon.."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=108x127390

[Arkana]

12. That sound you hear is John Edwards ROFLing

from his home in whatever Carolina he currently resides in at all the shit that's stirred up about him.

[musicblind]

15. north carolina. he resides here! Just wanted to show some state pride :) n/t

[Barack_America]

13. The simplest explanation: that was before the speech.

Seriously.

[wndycty]

18. True

:kick:

[WinkyDink]

16. I, for one, consistently opined that Edwards would endorse nobody.

I may yet be wrong, but I would remain not part of your audience.

[Beregond2]

17. Elder?

I am an Edwards supporter, but "party elder?" That's a stretch!