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John & Elizabeth Edwards Will Not Endorse

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Edwards, Hillary

It’s official. They like and dislike things about both candidates, so they can’t decide. First Elizabeth… “I like Hillary’s health care plan.” What doesn’t she like [...]? “The lobbyist money,” she adds. On Obama [...]: “The fact that he has motivated so many young people to be involved, I think is fantastic.” But, she adds: [...]

May 5th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

50 Edwards Backers Endorse Obama

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Edwards, North Carolina

No doubt this will do a lot to solidify a win for Obama in North Carolina. From NY Times: [...] nearly 50 of his most prominent backers lined up behind Senator Barack Obama today, in a gesture designed to give Mr. Obama a heavy boost of support less than two weeks before the North Carolina [...]

April 23rd, 2008 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

Obama Picks Up 7 Delegates In Iowa Convention

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Edwards, Hillary, Iowa

Seems like a lot of Edwards’ supporters jumped on the Barack bandwagon. From TPM: The Iowa caucuses might have been over two months ago, but Barack Obama is still making gains off of them. In today’s Iowa county Democratic conventions — which those caucus delegates were elected to participate in — Obama picked up the [...]

March 15th, 2008 | Permalink| 5 Comments »

Does Edwards’ Endorsement Matter?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Edwards

I’ve been asking myself this over the course of the past couple weeks, especially since he didn’t endorse before Super Tuesday when I think it really could have made a difference. And now ABC News reports that he may back Hillary because of her “experience.” Huh? Obviously it would seem very odd that he talked [...]

February 13th, 2008 | Permalink| 5 Comments »

Edwards Set To Endorse?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Democrats, Edwards

TPM has the scoop… An Edwards aide confirms to me that John Edwards met privately with Hillary on Thursday to discuss the possibility of making an endorsement, and will meet with Obama tomorrow, as first reported by Mark Halperin. The Edwards aide gave me a bunch more detail, including this: “There’s a greater than 50% [...]

February 10th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

John Edwards Makes His Endorsement

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Comedy, Democrats, Edwards

Honestly, I thought it might come to this. (NOTE: Apparently the link is down, but I contacted the webmaster and it should be back up shortly.)

January 31st, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

John Edwards Quitting Race Today

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Democrats, Edwards

Frankly, I’m a bit shocked. I thought for sure he’d stick around to try and be kingmaker, but stranger things have happened and since John didn’t come in 2nd in South Carolina, one can only imagine how demoralized his campaign has become. From AP: DENVER (AP) – Democrat John Edwards is exiting the presidential race [...]

January 30th, 2008 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

Clinton Leads Obama In California

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, California, Edwards, Hillary, Polls

Politico has the numbers: Clinton won the support of 49 percent of those polled by telephone by Opinion Research Corp. Jan. 23-27, a period that covered several days in advance of the South Carolina Democratic primary and one day afterward. Obama came in second place, with 32 percent to John Edwards’ 14 percent. The poll [...]

January 28th, 2008 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

2008Central.net’s Presidential Election Podcast (01/27/08)

By 2008Central.net | Related entries in 2008 Election, Bad Decisions, Barack, Billary, Blogging, Democrats, Economy, Edwards, Elections, Florida, Gender, Giuliani, Hillary, Huckabee, McCain, Media, Race, Republicans, Romney, Ron Paul, Smart Things Said By Smart People

This podcast looks at (1) results of the South Carolina Democratic Primary; (2) a brief discussion about the media coverage of identity politics and (3) a look ahead to the Florida and February 5th primaries… [Listen Online] [Subscribe to 2008Central.net's Presidential Election Podcast] Feel free to email us questions/suggestions for next week’s podcast (you can [...]

January 27th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Edwards To Finish 3rd

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Edwards, South Carolina

Bad news for the son of South Carolina, but will he stay in it for the long haul so he can possibly become kingmaker at the convention? So what happened tonight? Well, I think when the numbers get broken down even further they’ll reveal that a lot of people who were considering voting for Edwards [...]

January 26th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Edwards For Attorney General?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Edwards, Hillary, Law

Novak floats a theory that Obama is reaching out to Edwards, and I suppose if there’s a job John IS qualified for in an Obama presidency, it’s in AG’s office.. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Illinois Democrats close to Sen. Barack Obama are quietly passing the word that John Edwards will be named attorney general in an [...]

January 25th, 2008 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

Clintons Try To Gain Michigan And Florida Delegates?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Billary, Democrats, Edwards, Florida, Hillary, Michigan

So the DNC yanked the delegates from these states because they moved their primaries up and now the Clintons are trying to get those delegates to count again? First, their statement… I hear all the time from people in Florida and Michigan that they want their voices heard in selecting the Democratic nominee. I believe [...]

January 25th, 2008 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

I Ask John Edwards about Young Voters

By John Tomlin | Related entries in 2008 Election, Democrats, Edwards, Video

Hey y’all (I’ve been in the south too long). In this video, I ask John Edwards about young voters. He definitely seemed a bit tired and grumpy when I met him, but he did take the time to answer the question. Thoughts?

January 25th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Could Edwards Finish 2nd In South Carolina?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Democrats, Edwards, Hillary, Polls, South Carolina

Zogby shows him getting closer and closer to Hillary over the past few days, with Obama leading by a pretty solid 13%. From Zogby… Clinton won 25% support, up one point from the day before but now just four points ahead of former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, who continued to increase support and now [...]

January 25th, 2008 | Permalink| 5 Comments »

Edwards’ (Seriously Flawed) Electability Argument

By 2008Central.net | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Bloomberg, Democrats, Edwards, Elections, McCain, News

The Edwards campaign latest justification for remaining in the race is that John Edwards is the ONLY electable Democratic candidate (as opposed to a similar but very different argument that Edwards is more electable than the other candidates). The campaign started making this argument after Iowa and has expanded on it ever since. Recently, Edwards [...]

January 23rd, 2008 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

Hillary Conceding South Carolina?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Edwards, Hillary, South Carolina

With Obama so far ahead in the polls in the Palmetto State, this unspoken move makes sense. The question now is: should Barack leave South Carolina now and start criss-crossing the country before Super Tuesday? From Wash Post: Clinton has been focused on California, New York, New Jersey and Arkansas since her defeat in the [...]

January 23rd, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Fact Checking The South Carolina Debate

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Debates, Democrats, Edwards, Hillary, South Carolina

Looks like all the candidates played fast and loose with the facts, and FactCheck.org is on top of it… Clinton falsely accused Obama of saying he “really liked the ideas of the Republicans” including private Social Security accounts and deficit spending. Not true. The entire 49-minute interview to which she refers contains no endorsement of [...]

January 22nd, 2008 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

Hillary And Barack At Tonight’s Debate

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Debates, Democrats, Edwards, Hillary, Video

This clip is the highlight, or lowlight, from tonight’s debate. Quote of the night? When Hillary said she didn’t criticize his comment about Ronald Reagan, Barack countered that her husband had. Hill then said she was at the debate, not Bill. That gave Barack the opportunity to land this gem, “Well, I can’t tell who [...]

January 21st, 2008 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

2008Central.net’s Live Blog of South Carolina CNN / CBC Democratic Debate (January 21, 2007)

By 2008Central.net | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Blogroll, Debates, Democrats, Edwards, Hillary

[Re-published from 2008Central.net. We will update this post on Donklephant periodically, but for the latest check out the live blog at 2008Central.net] 5:51: The debate starts at 8 pm tonight on CNN. It’s been a yin/yang sort of day, with the candidates making nice over Martin Luther King while Obama calls Bill Clinton a liar, [...]

January 21st, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Hillary Projected To Win Nevada

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Edwards, Hillary, Nevada

Another close one, and Hillary looks like she’s going to able to pull it out with a strong 51% to Obama’s 45%. Edwards pulls in an embarrassing 4%. Here’s how the vote broke down across demographics: According to CBS News entrance polls, the economy was the issue most on the minds of Democratic caucus-goers today, [...]

January 19th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »