Fri
Mar 21 2008
06:49 am
Richardson endorsing Obama
By: bizgrrl

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson will appear with Barack Obama in Oregon Friday and provide his endorsement to him.
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John Edwards didn't endorse either candidate, or more accurately, he endorsed both on the Tonight Show last night. He said Barack was inspirational and could bring out the youth vote, and Hillary was tenacious, a fighter and had the experience. He said both would make great presidents.

Indeed.

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Endorsements

Submitted by Brian A. on Fri, 2008/03/21 - 10:36am.

I'm don't know why people wait until now to make an endorsement. If you were going to endorse, you should have done it before Super Tuesday when it might have some weight with a majority of primary voters.

Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.

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Unless they have been

Submitted by Factchecker on Fri, 2008/03/21 - 12:44pm.

Unless they have been genuinely undecided, which is believable this year. And now they may feel it's time to sew things up for the good of the party, and not just one candidate or the other.

Brian A.'s picture

That might be true with

Submitted by Brian A. on Fri, 2008/03/21 - 1:19pm.

That might be true with respect to Super Tuesday. But leading up to Texas/Ohio Tuesday it became pretty clear what shape this race was taking. And I think Richardson's endorsement would have had a greater impact there.

I just wonder why he didn't do it then.

Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.

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