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"Kurt Nicklas" |
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28 Jan 2008 05:39:17 AM |
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#The Inevitable Candidate Endures Temporary Setback |
Ted Kennedy to Endorse Obama
Sunday, January 27, 2008 4:27 PM
Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts will endorse Senate
colleague Barack Obama for president, party officials confirmed
Sunday.
The endorsement will be announced Monday in Washington, said the
officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not
authorized to speak for the record. An official close to the senator
said the announcement will be made during an Obama campaign rally at
American University, where he will be joined by Sen. Kennedy and his
niece, Caroline Kennedy, who also has endorsed Obama.
In a television interview Sunday, Obama would not answer questions
about an endorsement from Kennedy.
"I'll let Ted Kennedy speak for himself. And nobody does it better,"
he said on ABC's "This Week." "But obviously, any of the Democratic
candidates would love to have Ted Kennedy's support. And we have
certainly actively sought it. And you know, I will let him make his
announcement and his decision when he decides it's appropriate."
Kennedy's endorsement was highly sought after by all the Democratic
candidates. Besides his status as a liberal icon and member of the
Kennedy dynasty, Kennedy boasts a broad national fundraising and
political network as well.
Kennedy is friendly with the Democratic candidates. Obama and Sen.
Hillary Rodham Clinton both serve on the Senate Health, Education,
Labor and Pensions Committee, and Kennedy is chairman. Former Sen.
John Edwards partnered with Kennedy on patients' rights legislation in
2001, and Kennedy was a key White House ally when President Clinton
was in Office.
"It's going to be difficult choosing," Kennedy said in October. "I've
got a lot of friends who want to be president."
Kennedy's endorsement of Obama will follow that of his niece,
Caroline, who backed the Illinois senator on Saturday. In an editorial
in The New York Times, she said Obama could inspire Americans in the
same way her father, President Kennedy, did.
"I have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me
that my father inspired them," she wrote. "But for the first time, I
believe I have found the man who could be that president -- not just
for me, but for a new generation of Americans."
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| User: "raven1" |
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| Title: Re: #The Inevitable Candidate Endures Temporary Setback |
28 Jan 2008 09:44:23 AM |
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On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:39:17 -0800 (PST), Kurt Nicklas
<nicklask@bellsouth.net> wrote:
Ted Kennedy to Endorse Obama
Sunday, January 27, 2008 4:27 PM
Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts will endorse Senate
colleague Barack Obama for president, party officials confirmed
Sunday.
That's nice. And the New York Times just endorsed Clinton. Your point
is...?
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"Faith may not move mountains, but you should see what it does to skyscrapers..."
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| User: "Kurt Nicklas" |
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| Title: Re: #The Inevitable Candidate Endures Temporary Setback |
28 Jan 2008 10:13:50 AM |
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On Jan 28, 10:44=A0am, raven1 <quoththera...@nevermore.com> wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:39:17 -0800 (PST), Kurt Nicklas
<nickl...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
Ted Kennedy to Endorse Obama
Sunday, January 27, 2008 4:27 PM
Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts will endorse Senate
colleague Barack Obama for president, party officials confirmed
Sunday.
That's nice. And the New York Times just endorsed Clinton. Your point
is...?
So you're saying that an endorsement from The Grey Lady trumps one
from The Chappaquidick Swimming & Chowder Society?
{snickers}
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| User: "raven1" |
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| Title: Re: #The Inevitable Candidate Endures Temporary Setback |
28 Jan 2008 10:36:50 AM |
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On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:13:50 -0800 (PST), Kurt Nicklas
<nicklask@bellsouth.net> wrote:
On Jan 28, 10:44 am, raven1 <quoththera...@nevermore.com> wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:39:17 -0800 (PST), Kurt Nicklas
<nickl...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
Ted Kennedy to Endorse Obama
Sunday, January 27, 2008 4:27 PM
Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts will endorse Senate
colleague Barack Obama for president, party officials confirmed
Sunday.
That's nice. And the New York Times just endorsed Clinton. Your point
is...?
So you're saying that an endorsement from The Grey Lady trumps one
from The Chappaquidick Swimming & Chowder Society?
Do ya think?
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"Faith may not move mountains, but you should see what it does to skyscrapers..."
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| User: "3941 Dead" |
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| Title: Re: #The Inevitable Candidate Endures Temporary Setback |
28 Jan 2008 10:56:33 AM |
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On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:44:23 -0500, raven1
<quoththeraven@nevermore.com> wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:39:17 -0800 (PST), Kurt Nicklas
<nicklask@bellsouth.net> wrote:
Ted Kennedy to Endorse Obama
Sunday, January 27, 2008 4:27 PM
Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts will endorse Senate
colleague Barack Obama for president, party officials confirmed
Sunday.
That's nice. And the New York Times just endorsed Clinton. Your point
is...?
Ted Kennedy still has the power to drive the Free Republic trash right
out of their minds. Now they'll pretty much have to hate Obama as
much as they hate Hillary.
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"Faith may not move mountains, but you should see what it does to skyscrapers..."
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