Slog - Comments on John Edwards Won't Commit To Endorsing Hillary

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:02:39 -0800

All great choices. I look forward to finding out which other Dem will be VP to President Obama.

But I'll be at Hale's Ales on Thursday with the 36th - gonna be fun!

Comment by arduous

arduous — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:04:30 -0800

Okay, as much as I love to gratuitously hate on Edwards, I ... can't fault him for this. Come on. He just doesn't want to endorse Hillary because it's admitting defeat for his own primary campaign. Of course, he'll endorse her when the time comes.

Comment by infrequent

infrequent — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:36:31 -0800

i know... you might as well start asking when he will concede. you know, if he starts doing poorly in the primaries.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:40:49 -0800

Exactly, it's like 4204 - they never conceded and now they've won.

Comment by Seattle girl

Seattle girl — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:14:17 -0800

This post makes it sound like Edwards bad-mouthed Hillary. The reality is waht John Edwards actually said almost word for word what Barak Obama said and this post is not telling the real truth.

Comment by unPC

unPC — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:30:30 -0800

Nope, Obama said he would support the nominee and Edwards refused to say.
It's a standard question and it does not mean you are conceding defeat.

Edwards -- what an asshole.

Comment by lorax

lorax — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:48:26 -0800

This is a fucking stupid post. While Slog is rightly making fun of the Weekly's blog for getting basic facts wrong, Slog is doing the same thing. Edwards clarified this more than a day ago:

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2007/11/13/edwards_would_back_clinton_if_she_wins.html

Comment by Soupytwist

Soupytwist — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:25:09 -0800

Man, Joe Biden cracks me up!

Comment by UC

UC — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:29:56 -0800

Wow, I seem to be the only one who likes Edwards. Keep in mind he's the only one to strongly advocate for the public transportation that you all love so much. I'm glad that he's not just saying that he'll go for a democrat. He should support whoever he wants if he doesn't get the nomination. I hate it when people pick a party just because it's a party. As we've seen with this congress, the Dems aren't as magical as we hoped they were...

Comment by Andy Niable

Andy Niable — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:32:06 -0800

Yes lets continue to make the story about the circular firing squad (or better yet, hand them bullets and suggest with your questions where to aim at each other) instead of asking questions about, oh I don't know, the ISSUES.... no, we have to keep the story about the race itself, blah blah blah...

Comment by infrequent

infrequent — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:14:19 -0800

obama said he would support "the nominee", certainly different from saying he would "support hillary". and it avoids the question just as much. it's just a more clever way of doing so.

Comment by Not a Hillary fan

Not a Hillary fan — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:29:16 -0800

Here's what Edwards said, "I fully expect to support the Democratic nominee and I fully expect to be the Democratic nominee."