Edwards Responds To Kerry's Obama Endorsement

EDWARDS STATEMENT ON SENATOR KERRY'S ENDORSEMENT OF SENATOR OBAMA

Chapel Hill, North Carolina - John Edwards released the following statement today about Senator John Kerry's endorsement of Senator Barack Obama.

"Our country and our Party are stronger because of John's service, and I respect his decision. When we were running against each other and on the same ticket, John and I agreed on many issues. I continue to believe that this election is about the future, not the past, and that the country needs a President who will fight aggressively to end the status quo and change the Washington system and to give voice to all of those whose voices are ignored in the corridors of power."

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As HuffPost pointed out earlier, in 2004, Kerry blasted Edwards over foreign policy experience. From CNN, 7/6/04:

During the primary campaign, Kerry himself took aim at Edwards' lack of foreign policy experience, noting at one point that when he returned home from serving in Vietnam in 1969, "I don't even know if John Edwards was out of diapers."

But Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, a South Dakota Democrat, defended Edwards' experience Tuesday, noting that he "has a lot more Washington experience than George Bush had four years ago."

"When you look at what John Edwards has done for working families, for people who have been fighting hard all their lives to make ends meet, I can't think of a more qualified candidate than John Edwards," Daschle said.

Comments

[TekBoss]

I am voting for Edwards (if previous ticket had been Edwards-Kerry, he'd be President already).

[V4Vigilance]

Not getting the endorsement of the guy who somehow managed to lose to GWB in '04. That's a crushing disappoint­ment...NOT­!

Edwards '08

[rssrai]

JRE is not enemies with Kerry or Obama, so why would he trash them?? I think that JRE is doing the right thing by staying positive.

[RAMHaiti]

If Kerry was worth anything, he'ld be running for a 2nd term now. At least he can still get his picture in a blog.

[factanonverba]

If you hadn't realized by now, I am unabashedly pro-Edwards. And though I realize that he is running for the Democratic nomination, it might as well be a different party. Edwards is a break from party politics. If Edwards were to win the nomination, it is the end of the line for the role of corporate involvement in the Democratic Party. And so I haven't concerned myself with winning endorsement from the Party's establishment. To be honest, I do not want to be tainted. And if I had my druthers I would start looking for replacements for the majority of the Party's Congressional Representatives. 75% of them could go for all I care. Frankly in the Senate the only ones I care for are Boxer, Feingold, Dodd, Saunders, Webb, Biden, Byrd, Leahy, Kennedy, Murray, Harkin, Stabenow, McCaskill and Tester.

[StrategicThinker]

What a pisspoor and pathetic statement.

John Kerry didn't fight back against Swiftboat attacks, Edwards wanted to.

John Kerry didn't fight for every vote in Ohio, Edwards wanted to.

For Edwards to even release such a WEAK counter to this Kerry stunt, is disgraceful.

[NCYvonne]

Pathetic. Edwards is quoting Daschle--who endorsed Obama months ago? Boy, is he finished!