Me at Q&O just now:
I say, “who cares” – which was about the same reaction I had when I heard John Kerry had endorsed him.
Well, that was my first reaction, too. But I got to thinking about it and came to two conclusions:
1: Obama cares. It’s an open question, far as I can see, if John Kerry’s endorsement carries a positive or negative weight for the endorsed.
2: Perhaps more importantly, John Edwards cares. This isnt quite so much about whom Kerry endorsed as whom he didn’t. His former running mate would seem to have been a logical choice, were Kerry’s choice anything but a cynical attempt at triangualtion. Kerry’s not endorsing Edwards also seems to me both a damnation of Edwards as a prospective President, and a bit of revenege for what Kerry obviously feels was a major reason for his not winning in 04; Edwards being on the ticket.
