Christopher Hitchens on John Edwards' endorsement of Barack Obama
The endorsement of Senator Barack Obama by former Senator John Edwards is a signal, though not an absolutely decisive one, of a shift in the commitment of the Democratic Party's unpledged centre. . .
It is partly a result of sheer momentum - Edwards said as much when he said that the voters had evidently made their choice "and so have I" - but partly also a feeling of alarm at the way in which Mrs Clinton has polarised the campaign, and gone so far as to polarise it along ethnic and racial lines.
Edwards himself ran a campaign very much along class lines, and is a white liberal from a southern state. He is known to have expressed private disdain for the way in which both Clintons have been campaigning . . .
the rest here:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2008/05/15/christopher-hitchens-on-john-edwards-endorsement-of-barack-obama-89520-20418484/
The endorsement of Senator Barack Obama by former Senator John Edwards is a signal, though not an absolutely decisive one, of a shift in the commitment of the Democratic Party's unpledged centre. . .
It is partly a result of sheer momentum - Edwards said as much when he said that the voters had evidently made their choice "and so have I" - but partly also a feeling of alarm at the way in which Mrs Clinton has polarised the campaign, and gone so far as to polarise it along ethnic and racial lines.
Edwards himself ran a campaign very much along class lines, and is a white liberal from a southern state. He is known to have expressed private disdain for the way in which both Clintons have been campaigning . . .
the rest here:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2008/05/15/christopher-hitchens-on-john-edwards-endorsement-of-barack-obama-89520-20418484/
3 comments:
Hmmm. Maybe I'm just cynical, but I think the main reason he supported Obama was to take a measure of revenge on the Clintons.
The timing was exquisite - the day after her big win (for what it's worth) in West VA.
I think Edwards is remembering the deafening silence of Clinton support when he ran with John Kerry (he served in Viet Nam, you know.)
Colleency,
interesting. I don't see it that way though. I see it as
which candidate offered him the best position. Maybe I'm even more cynical than you . . .
Or maybe he just followed his conscience.
(bwah-hah-hah-hah!)
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