Picture of the Day - 2
For whatever endorsements are worth, Obama has had a recent flood: Senator John Kerry, Senator Ben Nelson, ex-Senator Bill Bradley,Senator Claire McCaskill, Senator Tim Johnson, Representative George Miller, Arizona Governor Janet Napolatino, a near endorsement from Republican SC Gov. Sanford, and maybe hugely influential Rep. Jim Clyburn of SC.
Josh Marshall makes an interesting point in discussing all this:
The key is timing. You don't hit a big time politician like Hillary Clinton when she's down unless you're really against her and you're fairly confident she's not getting back up.
(Barack Obama hugs then Massachusetts Democratic gubernatorial candidate Deval Patrick in this Nov. 3, 2006 photo. (AP Photo/Steven Senne))
posted by mikevotes at
7:32 AM
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Marshall's comment is pretty solid... but it's worth noting that Kerry and Bradley are elder-statesman types with little to lose politically, while McCaskill doesn't have to run for reelection until 2012. About the others, I'm not sure, except that I would guess Clyburn's is a safe seat.
Still, it does come at a time when you'd expect people to be jumping off the Obama bandwagon, not on... so clearly this thing ain't over yet.
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Anonymous, at 3:21 PM
Clyburn is dead safe. Longest serving African American Congressman.
There was a rumor that Clinton's fall back ambition was Majority leader. Kerry, Johnson, etc tell me that that is definitely off the table.
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mikevotes, at 4:36 PM
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