by Jill Zuckman
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The meeting of the minds between Senators Barack Obama and John Kerry took place slowly over the course of the last year, resulting in today's endorsement.
According to a source close to Kerry, the 2004 Democratic nominee for president, the two senators began getting to know each other with a dinner back in March, several meetings in Kerry's Senate hideaway, and many talks on the phone about the issues of the day.
But the pivotal moment came when Kerry returned from a November trip to Africa. At that point, the senator from Massachusetts told aides what a difference it would make "to have a United States president who could talk to the whole world in a different way."
The men talked often in the days leading up to the Iowa caucuses, with Kerry committing to join Obama on the campaign trail at whatever time he and his advisers thought would be the best moment.
Here's Kerry's speech endorsing Obama:
Martin Luther King said “the time is always right to do what is right”. And I’m here in South Carolina because this is the right time to share with you my confidence that the next President of the United States should be, can be, and will be Barack Obama.
Four years ago, I began my own presidential campaign here in Charleston at Patriots Point. I committed myself then to fight for “a new era of concern for community and not division.” When the campaign ended almost a thousand miles away in Boston, I congratulated President Bush but I also warned him “of the danger of division in our country and of the desperate need for unity, for finding the common ground, coming together.” I dared to hope publicly that the healing would begin then. It didn’t – but it will begin when Barack Obama is President.
There are other candidates in this race with whom I have worked and whom I respect. They are terrific public servants and each of them could be President tomorrow and each would fight to take the country in the right direction.
But I believe that more than anyone else, Barack Obama can help our country turn the page and get America moving by uniting us and ending the division that we have faced. He has a superb talent, as all of you know, to communicate the best of our hopes and aspirations for America and for the world and that is why Barack Obama has the greatest potential to lead a transformation not just a transition.
He knows that real change only comes when millions of Americans join together and come together in a movement that demands it – when they’re united in common cause and to speak out so loudly that Washington absolutely has no choice but to listen. That’s not just a way to win the election – it’s the only way to change the nation. He understands that we have to force the politicians to feel your power – and I am here because it is Barack Obama who in a unique way brings the lessons of the neighborhood, the lessons of the legislature and the lessons of his own life to that awesome challenge. And my friends those lessons that made him a candidate to bring change to our country they’re same lessons he will bring to the oval office every day to fight for you as President of the United States.
Now, I was proud to help introduce Barack to the nation when I asked him to speak to our national convention in 2004. Obviously, Barack did all the heavy-lifting. But like millions of Americans, Teresa and I were stirred by the way he eloquently reminded all of us of the fact that our “true genius is faith in simple dreams, an insistence on small miracles;” and we were all of us moved by the power with which he shattered the shallow stereotype, reminding people all across America that in Red States and Blue States, we “worship an awesome God.”
At this moment in America -- who better than Barack Obama to call us to responsibility for children abandoned in cities and rural communities? Who better than Barack Obama to remind all Americans how much difference it makes to get an open door to a good school? Who better than Barack Obama to bring millions of disaffected young people back to the great task of governing and making a difference, child to child, community to community? Who better than Barack Obama to bring new credibility to America’s role in the world and help restore our moral authority? Who better than Barack Obama to turn a new page in American politics so that, Democrat, Independent and Republican alike can look to leadership that unites to find the common ground?
Mile by mile of the long march of this campaign, the cynics have questioned whether this young leader from Illinois is ready. But you know what? The cynics may have spoken, but it’s the people who will decide. And it’s the people who can prove the doubters wrong and enlist thousands more in a movement for change to restore faith in our government at home and our reputation in the world. In just a few days, right here in South Carolina, you get to do your part to make history and make Barack Obama President of the United States.
Since the birth of our nation, change has been won by young Presidents and young leaders who have shown that experience is defined not by time in Washington or years in office, but by wisdom, instinct and vision. Today we still draw on the “truths” that we believe to be “self-evident”—but how easy it is to forget that Thomas Jefferson was just 33 when he wrote them into our Declaration of Independence. How easy it is to forget that Martin Luther King was just 26 when he led the Montgomery Bus Boycott, just 34 when he inspired America with a powerful dream. My friends, when we choose a President, we are electing judgment and character, not years on this earth -- and it is the moral compass I see in Barack Obama that gives me confidence he will steer our country in the right direction. He was, after all, right about the war in Iraq from the very beginning!
It’s time for South Carolina and our country to take stock of Barack Obama – to understand the strength of a man who grew up without his father, whose mother and grandparents couldn’t give him money or privilege but gave him passion and purpose, values and vision. Measure the character of a young man who graduated from an Ivy League college and could have gone anywhere – but chose the streets of Chicago as a community organizer going door to door to make hope burn a little brighter for the people who had seen the steel mills shut down and the jobs disappear. Measure the character of the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review, who could have found fame and fortune on Wall Street or in a high priced law firm, but who instead chose cause and commitment as a civil rights lawyer giving voice to the voiceless. Measure the character of that young lawyer who chose public service over private gain and went to the legislature where he fought the old divisions and brought people together to put money in the pockets of working poor families; put early childhood education ahead of giveaways for the elected and connected; and brought Democrats and Republicans together to stand up for civil rights and civil liberties. Measure the character of a United States Senator who passed landmark ethics reform to restore faith in government, and who stood up to the bureaucrats to get Illinois veterans the disability pay they were promised, and traveled to the other end of the earth to work to end the genocide in Darfur. That is the true measure of character – character we need in the White House, character we need to help America retake its rightful place in the world starting in 2009.
I was recently in Africa and then at the Climate Change talks in Bali. From afar you can sometimes have a clearer view than when you are in the middle of the maelstrom. I saw and felt how important it can be to America’s interests in the world – to our ability to reach across great divides and speak the truth from a different experience in our own land. I saw how Barack Obama could strengthen our nation and set us back on the path of our time-honored values.
On the Foreign Relations Committee where Barack and I serve together, I have seen his special talent, a leader who knows how to listen. Just think about the difference it will make after eight years of bluster and ideology to have a president who reaches out to other nations, a president who wants America to lead by example, and a statesman who recognizes that even the most powerful nation on earth needs to make some friends on this planet.
Like Barack, I lived abroad as a young man and I share with him a healthy respect for knowing and understanding other cultures and countries – not from a book or a briefing – but by personal experience – by gut – by instinct. Good statescraft has always relied on leadership that sees other nations and leaders not just through American eyes and expectations, but sees them as they see and hope for themselves. Barack will be a president who marshals all our resources – military, diplomatic, economic, and moral – and first and foremost will always tell the truth to the American people. After years of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, with Barack Obama in the White House, we will have a President who treats our moral authority as a precious national asset that does not limit our power, but magnifies our global leadership.
Some have suggested in this campaign that Barack is guilty of raising “false hopes.” So I ask you, was it a false hope when Thomas Jefferson said the United States should make available to every child a free education in public schools? Was it a false hope when Franklin Roosevelt said that half of our senior citizens no longer had to live in poverty? Was it a false hope when Harry Truman said that every veteran of World War II could go to college on the G.I. Bill? Was it a false hope when John Kennedy said we would go the moon in a decade? My friends, the only charge that rings false is the one that tells you not to hope for a better tomorrow. Don’t let anyone tell you to accept the downsizing of the American Dream – not in our America, not today, and not tomorrow when Barack Obama is President of the United States.
President Kennedy’s call to service brought me into the United States Navy and to Vietnam. A war gone wrong, a country divided, and politicians content to keep us that way made me an activist when I came back home. Knocking on doors that wouldn’t always open, I saw the cynicism of Washington, but I also saw that brothers and sisters standing together could bring about great change.
Thirty five years later, I’m a little older and grayer, and I see a Washington that is even more divided today than it was then. I see Americans by the millions turned off from our democracy itself. I hear about voters who want to turn off the television -- take their phones off the hook -- stop opening the mail -- because to them politics has become a dirty word and we’ve all seen too much of a politics that sells out the conscience of our country just to win an election.
I am here today because we need new leadership that can call us back together, and leaders who look out at America, and see, not an electorate to be sliced and diced and pitted against each other, but citizens who want to do great things together. Sometimes the hardest thing for the established political world to do is make a clean break with the past – to readily embrace new thinking and a new beginning. The Old Guard sometimes has a hard time acknowledging an individual who breaks the mold. Well let me tell you something, Barack Obama isn’t just going to break the mold – together, we are going to shatter into a million pieces!
The country is yearning for bipartisanship, yearning for a change in our politics, yearning for an end to the battles of the past. People want innovative, nonpartisan and especially non-scripted ways of fixing problems. That is what Barack brings to this race and South Carolina and the country have the chance to guarantee that we get it.
I am here because we need leadership that understands as another young man from Illinois once said, “a house divided against itself cannot stand” and more than ever we need leaders who have lived and breathed the politics of unity.
In life, we all travel different journeys which shape our character. We learn. We make mistakes. We grow - hopefully. One thing is clear: Washington isn’t the only teacher – and in recent years Washington DC hasn’t been the best teacher. I support Barack Obama for President because he has the judgment to know that Washington must change, the character to have already fought to change it, and the best ability of anyone running to unite Americans in that cause.
I support him because he doesn’t seek to perfect the politics of Swiftboating, but to end it.
I support Barack Obama because he will help bring the country together again, lead the world and show by example, not by words, that here in America anything is really possible for those who dare to dream and those determined to work for it.
History gives us moments. We get to decide what to do with them. I believe, this moment is the moment we should make Barack Obama President of the United States. And I welcome him to Charleston, South Carolina - Barack Obama.
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Comments
Just goes to show you how much of a flip-flopper Kerry is. He doesn't have the convictions nor the integrity to endorse his own former running mate. FLIP FLOP!
Posted by: Peter | January 10, 2008 1:10 PM
The Senator's bitterness shines through every paragraph, but that is his prerogative.
1)His claim to having been inspired by President Kennedy and joining the Navy and volunteering for Vietnam is a bit precious - In reality he joined a Naval Reserve Unit that happened to be activated.
The 3rd from last paragraph: "I support him because he doesn't seek to perfect the politics of swiftboating - but to end it."
On November 27, 2007, Michael McBride said: "John Kerry has always had the power to clear up any of the Swiftbboater challenges; all he had to do is allow the navy to distribute unaltered copies of his service record , medical records, and DD214. It is essential that these records come from DOD, so that they cannot be tampered with by Kerry or his supporters. The DOD copies are the true copies of record and the only viable evidence for these matters."
Surely the Senator knows this, so the question still remains - why did he NEVER fight back with that evidence.
The Swiftboaters were there in combat with him, and who better to judge a man?
Posted by: Terry | January 10, 2008 1:50 PM
I see that KetchupBoy, I mean.....John Kerry, has just endorsed Barack Yomama.......
Unless of course he decides to unendorse him........
or throw him away......
unless he decides to not throw him away.....
or maybe he'll just mount him on his office wall.......
until he decides to unmount him.......
Can you get a purple heart for that ???
Maybe he'll just wear a chestful of Yomama bumper stickers instead....
Unless he decides not to.......
Maybe he can get Joan Baez and Jane Fonda to endorse his endorsement.....
Unless he decides not to.....
I wonder what his old running mate John Edwards thinks about this ???
Maybe Edwards can put both Kerry and Obama in an ambulance.....and chase it.
Posted by: HarleyRider | January 10, 2008 1:51 PM
Does anyone really care about Kerry chooses to endorse? I certainly don't.
Kerry couldn't even defeat that half-wit who occupies the White House today.
If I were Obama, I'd run away from this endorsement as fast as possible.
Posted by: Cheryl | January 10, 2008 1:54 PM
I am so, so, so disappointed that John Kerry has fallen for Obama's charade. He is an opportunist who just has not proven himself yet. And, his ties to Daley and the Stroger machine are alarming at best!! Very disheartening, as I am a big Kerry supporter.
Posted by: Allison | January 10, 2008 1:58 PM
Awesome speech! This is a very defining moment in history and I'm proud to throw my support with Barack Obama. This presidential candidate indeed represents change...
Posted by: Tracy L. Bell | January 10, 2008 2:01 PM
John Kerry's speech says it all in his endorsement of Obama. Kerry has found his voice! This is an exciting time in American politics and history. It's exciting to experience this with my family and watch our adult children enjoy the dynamics of change in America. They too get to live through an American revolution.
Posted by: Paulette | January 10, 2008 2:01 PM
"I see that KetchupBoy, I mean.....John Kerry, has just endorsed Barack Yomama.......
Unless of course he decides to unendorse him........
or throw him away......
unless he decides to not throw him away.....
or maybe he'll just mount him on his office wall.......
until he decides to unmount him.......
Can you get a purple heart for that ???
Maybe he'll just wear a chestful of Yomama bumper stickers instead....
Unless he decides not to.......
Maybe he can get Joan Baez and Jane Fonda to endorse his endorsement.....
Unless he decides not to.....
I wonder what his old running mate John Edwards thinks about this ???
Maybe Edwards can put both Kerry and Obama in an ambulance.....and chase it."
Posted by: HarleyRider
I take it you weren't wearing a helmet when you hit your head, eh?
Posted by: Bill, Chicago, IL | January 10, 2008 2:13 PM
Wow. Homerun for John Kerry.
Posted by: Anna Karenina | January 10, 2008 2:15 PM
When John Kerry lost to President George Bush, my heart ached. Today, John Kerry endorsed Barack. I feel like I can fly. His eloquent speech shows that we as Americans can come together for the well being of all.
Posted by: Pamela | January 10, 2008 2:19 PM
America,Yes We CAN! We can elect our president based upon the content of their character,not the color of their skin.We can elect a president that is representative of all Americans. We should no longer let the color of skin separate us . If we are indeed one nation under God let's act like it. Some say the country will fall backwards without their experience and leadership but I would like to kindly remind America that no president has previous experience.If we had waited on experience this country would have never been born. The time is now to accept all americans as american first and let neither hatred , bigotry, unfair biased media, those with money ot power or influence control your heart and mind .Yes, we can do it America. dr.Martin Luther King's Dream was not only a dream that served America.That dream serves the world. America can show the world an even better example .Show braver, Show the courage to change.We are all HUMAN! God in infinite wisdom chose to make us diverse in color, beautiful and yet we use it to place one above another to divide .The lie of race has perpetuated itself too long. We are not of a different race.We are not of a different Creator. We are human!Human beings! Barack Obama is a rainbow. He is all of us. He is hope , he is possibility. he brings tears of Joy in a time where the GOP has once again caused an unnecessary war that caused millions of young americans to perish =. where the real culprits have not been caught nor punished. where we have accepted fear tactics and biased rules from a president who will not hear the voice of the people that elected him.Well I don't need a president that isn't interested in all america because it's not merely a "black and white" world.I am beyond tired of the phony politicians who dish dirt and a smile. I'd like to remind many that fairy tales and dreams come true all the time... you must have faith, belief , hope and determination. There are many in America that are the little engines that can!For all the haters and naysayers I say (((Whoops there goes another rubber tree plant!)))
Posted by: Steve Dream | January 10, 2008 2:27 PM
Typical Kerry - long, drawn out and boring. Who cares?
Posted by: Mary | January 10, 2008 2:29 PM
'A nation healed, a world repaired'...president Barack Obama.
'Change we can believe in'...president Barack Obama
'Yes we can'....president Barack Obama.
President Barack Obama will make us all achieve our highest goodness for the benefit of all human kinds regardless of race, religion, culture.
The world will be a more peaceful place of us all under president Barack Obama.
'Let us all join this movement to make the world a better place'...Julie Adams
Posted by: Julie | January 10, 2008 2:30 PM
I m really happy to get the opportunity to witness what is about to happen in the world. An Obama's election would be huge not only for America, but for the world as a whole. He would represent first and foremost humility, wisdom and Love.
Posted by: emeka jr. | January 10, 2008 2:32 PM
Was John Kerry the best Democratic nominee ever? Absolutely not. But the level of obsession that republicans have for former candidates, and particularly their obsession with their oh-so-clever mantras, is borderline insanity. To continue harping on this "Flip Flop" nonsense is the epitome of stupid. Just this week Mitt Romney flip flopped what his thoughts on McCain's stratagy. Not to mention his complete flip flop of his beliefs from when he ran for govenor of Mass. And to mention flip floppers without bringing up the king of waffling, Rudy G., is criminal. Face it, any politician of any affiliation will say anything to get elected.
Posted by: Jon | January 10, 2008 2:36 PM
Terry,
Show us your medical records. I contend you are a hermaphrodite and a child rapist to boot. If you don't copy and paste your records the question will always linger. Why didn't Terry provide evidence to the contrary?
Posted by: jackson | January 10, 2008 2:39 PM
On November 27, 2007, Michael McBride said: "John Kerry has always had the power to clear up any of the Swiftbboater challenges; all he had to do is allow the navy to distribute unaltered copies of his service record , medical records, and DD214. It is essential that these records come from DOD, so that they cannot be tampered with by Kerry or his supporters. The DOD copies are the true copies of record and the only viable evidence for these matters."
Who's Michael McBride?
Shouldn't Bush present his separation papers as well? He has still never explained where he was while AWOL during his National Guard service. And NO one remembers seeing him for months. I smell a conspiracy.
Posted by: LyndonLaRouche'sMain Squeeze | January 10, 2008 2:39 PM
What a classic by John Kerry! And what a Star of a human being Barack Obama is! I am amazed by him.
These primaries are to me like World Cup of Soccer Finals games. I run home from work at 5.00 p.m. each Democrats' primary/caucus day to watch the "World Cup" on CNN and later Charlie Rose on PBS.
I support Barack Obama even though I am not part of the electorate; it is exactly the same way that I support Brazil's National Soccer Team notwithstanding that I am not Brazilian.
Obama deserves to win this 2008 Election to the office of the President of the Unites States of America. May God help him achieve this goal!
Anthony Ikpong
Whitehorse, Canada
Posted by: Anthony Ikpong | January 10, 2008 2:40 PM
A John Kerry endorsement? Barack should refuse it before he gets branded as a no talent MA flip, flopper.
Posted by: Den C | January 10, 2008 2:43 PM
Remarkably effective and wonderfully worded narrative given by former Presidential Candidate, John Kerry, as to why America needs someone like Mr Obama in Washington. The beautiful arrangement of Mr Kerry's words, allowed my mind to envision a country where, HOPE not only resides, but where CHANGE can occur. Mr Kerry so eloquently states, "My friends, when we choose a President, we are electing judgment and character, not years on this earth -- and it is the moral compass I see in Barack Obama that gives me confidence he will steer our country in the right direction." These words actually resonated with me in a way that I must admit, shouldn't have. I now realize that Mr Kerry is correct. Age is only a number, but character cannot be measured in ones' age or years in Washington. We most certainly need a fresh face, if we are ever going to regain our moral high ground and status of LEADER worldwide. I believe that I will support Mr Obama's campaign. Some of the earlier posts' are mean-spirited and divisive, which is exactly the type of nonsense that America needs to bury. Try to keep the discussion relevant, not distasteful and foul. Change is possible.
Posted by: Keith M. | January 10, 2008 2:46 PM
I am interested ONLY in who JESUS endorses. Probably Giuliani - the hero of 9/11.
Posted by: Joe | January 10, 2008 3:03 PM
Terry,
Are you suggesting that the Navy hands out Purple Hearts for dubious reasons? Why else would you need to see his medical records? You just slapped hundreds of thousands of servicemen and women with this accusation. When I see a Purple Heart, I admire that persons courage unlike you who wonders if they really deserved it. Good night.
Posted by: john | January 10, 2008 3:07 PM
Wow. Good speech.
Posted by: Jen | January 10, 2008 3:35 PM
Those who have such negative comments are afraid of change in the status quo. Even if the status quo means self-destruction.
To have Barack be the best president ever in recent history, changes the playing field.
Sort of like Tiger and golf.
Don't be scared.
And stop feeding off of hate.
Posted by: FearOfSuccess | January 10, 2008 3:41 PM
If Kerry had credibility his endorsement would have some signifigance. He doesn't, it doesn't.
Posted by: old timer | January 10, 2008 3:57 PM
Yes We Can, Cause We Fired Up and Ready to Go !!!
Obama and Edwards or Edwards and Obama !!!
Posted by: Pat | January 10, 2008 3:57 PM
BEST SPEACH!!!
experience is defined not by time in Washington or years in office, but by wisdom, instinct and vision.
In life, we all travel different journeys which shape our character. We learn. We make mistakes. We grow - hopefully. One thing is clear: Washington isn’t the only teacher – and in recent years Washington DC hasn’t been the best teacher. I support Barack Obama for President because he has the judgment to know that Washington must change, the character to have already fought to change it, and the best ability of anyone running to unite Americans in that cause.
Posted by: Anonymous | January 10, 2008 4:07 PM
This wasn't unexpected. If Kerry had won, Hillary's chances of even being nominated dropped hugely because at age 68, by the time his second term ended, she would have been much less electable. In fact, the Clintons were likely delighted that he lost.
And Edwards is way too far down in the polls.
Posted by: Helena | January 10, 2008 4:24 PM
"I see that KetchupBoy, I mean.....John Kerry, has just endorsed Barack Yomama.......
Unless of course he decides to unendorse him........
or throw him away......
unless he decides to not throw him away.....
or maybe he'll just mount him on his office wall.......
until he decides to unmount him.......
Can you get a purple heart for that ???
Maybe he'll just wear a chestful of Yomama bumper stickers instead....
Unless he decides not to.......
Maybe he can get Joan Baez and Jane Fonda to endorse his endorsement.....
Unless he decides not to.....
I wonder what his old running mate John Edwards thinks about this ???
Maybe Edwards can put both Kerry and Obama in an ambulance.....and chase it."
Posted by: HarleyRider
'Barack Yomama'???
Posted by: Bryan | January 10, 2008 4:39 PM
Didn't this Kerry fellow have a running mate who is also competing against Barack Osama? So is Kerry telling us that Edwards was the best VP candidate then but now it is Obamama. What a spineless twerp. Why do the people of MA keep this clown in office??
Posted by: NIke Soccer | January 10, 2008 5:05 PM
I see the "swift-boaters" are posting again. They would much rather have an administration loaded with chicken-hawks and draft-dodgers, than a certified purple heart soldier. My God, what wisdom these people have.
Posted by: Jim | January 10, 2008 5:07 PM
Listen to all the Kerry haters.Jealous because you picked the dumb guy and now the whole world is paying the price!
Get over it.Repugnants like STUPID Presidents.
Posted by: Raving Loon | January 10, 2008 5:15 PM
Terry attempts to swiftboat Kerry again but the point is really lost because this often happens with military records. I was decorated time and again as a peace time soldier but I never really bought into any of that.
The only thing that really matters and which is not in dispute is that Kerry was in Vietnam, Terry's hero GW Bush was not.
Posted by: Bud McFarlin | January 10, 2008 5:26 PM
George W. Bush. President of the USA. Only in America.He got elected because his fractured syntax reminded Americans of themselves. He was the common man, despite all of the benefits he received in life. Bag of Cheetos, Different Strokes on TV and no books on the bookshelf.
Anyone is an improvement.
Posted by: Chet Suabo | January 10, 2008 6:00 PM
The Polls were correct in stating that Obama was the favorite. Bear in mind that Obama and Edwards are attracting the same voters. Given Obama's very close numbers to Clinton's, and given that Edwards got over 40,000.00 votes, the obvious conclusion is that the bulk of the votes that went to Edwards would have otherwise gone to Obama, thereby making him the winner -as the polls predicted.
Posted by: Jonh M. | January 10, 2008 6:01 PM
Terry,
Ya can't disprove a negative, hey buddy?
Speaking of negatives.
My net worth went down for the first time since 1993 due to the housing slump. It has caused the est. market value of my home to drop.
Be sure to factor that in to your NW statement. .
Posted by: C.Morris | January 10, 2008 6:22 PM
A lot of predictable, implicitly racist and dumb ("flip flop") remarks about Obama and Kerry being made by some of the bloggers here.
A couple actually brought up the "Swift Boat" lies. Amazing.
The "Swift Boaters" completely fabricated their stories. But they also knew that enough of it would stick, with a small percentage of voters, to make the difference in some close states.
The only way that conservatives can ever win is through the smear, the rumor and the slanderous and sleazy attack.
Will voters once again fall for this nonsense and vote Republican while corporate lobbyists pick their pockets and snicker?
If you work for a living---and most of us do---you are probably beginning to realize who the GOP is and who they work for.
Don't do their bidding again. Vote Democratic.
Posted by: Steve N. | January 10, 2008 6:35 PM
john what? john who? john kerry!? pahleeeze!! this is the same “liveshot” kerry of massachusetts? wow!! what ’bout that yale speech on the death of affirmative action?
this guy put citizen obama on the map because there were NO african americans on prime-time at his convention in boston!! so he picked up the little bro from ill for a speech that blew the lid off a thirsty crowd.
now…to the real business. does the junior senator get the secret hand shake, the drink from geronimo’s head, a glimpse of pancho villa’s sombrero, and all that other crap skull and bones boyos get?
if so, you go obambam…another first!!!
Posted by: jeffery mcnary | January 10, 2008 6:38 PM
Ned Lamont just endorsed Obama too:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/1/10/184519/630/624/434646
Posted by: Joe S. | January 10, 2008 7:32 PM
Good speach. Kerry was a decent candidate, but now, I don't think his endorsement carries much weight.
Posted by: Dan C | January 10, 2008 7:48 PM
I really believe that Obama is probably a great person with a lot of charm. I don't however believe he is old enough. We need a good business man, who is experienced. I really hope Bloomberg runs. His approval ratings in NY are very high and he started a very successful business in 1981 that is still thriving. He would definately get my vote. Also, the fact the he Kerry endorsed him means NOTHING to me.
Posted by: JJ | January 10, 2008 8:22 PM
Kucinich asks for recount in N.H. Democratic primary:
http://www.wdtn.com/Global/story.asp?S=7608868
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Kucinich thinks there was an error in the counting of the NH primary votes on the democratic side (specifically relating to the Clinton/Obama match-up) and he's asking for a recount!
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Posted by: sue | January 10, 2008 11:37 PM
Well, I see that racism is still alive in USA, as American as apple pie. I am praying for Obama and his family that they will be protected during this time because there are still crazies out there trying to make a name for themselves--trying to make the 6:00 news. I am glad that Kerry endorsed him. The beginning of a true unified America.
Posted by: evangelistpastor | January 11, 2008 3:29 AM