01-30-2008, 10:55 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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John Edwards Drops Out Of Presidential Race
John Edwards Quitting Presidential Race
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Story Highlights
-NEW: Sen. Barack Obama praises former Sen. John Edwards
-Edwards set to announce decision Wednesday, sources say
-Edwards has trailed Sens. Hillary Clinton, Obama in early primaries
-Edwards won't give immediate endorsement to Clinton or Obama, sources say
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An aide said Edwards does not plan to endorse either Clinton or Obama at this time but he may do so in the future.
A top Edwards aide said the former senator contacted Obama and Clinton on Tuesday, telling them he was considering dropping out of the race and asking them to make poverty a top issue of their campaigns and -- if either reaches the White House -- a central part of their administration.
Both candidates agreed, the aide said.
Reacting to the expected announcement, Obama praised Edwards.
"At a time when our politics is too focused on who's up and who's down, he made a nation focus again on who matters -- the New Orleans child without a home, the West Virginia miner without a job, the families who live in that other America that is not seen or heard or talked about by our leaders in Washington," Obama said Wednesday.
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With the Kennedy endorsement and the Jimmy Carter pseudoendorsement I was kind of hoping Edwards would endorse Obama as well but I guess he is staying neutral for now. Perhaps trying to set himself up as a running mate for whomever wins the nomination?
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Last edited by Nehkara; 01-30-2008 at 11:03 AM.
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