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Edwards Endorses Obama

Posted May 14, 08 6:40 PM CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – John Edwards endorsed Barack Obama today, calling him the one person who can bring about the "one America" that will bridge the divide between rich and poor and rebuild the nation's "moral authority." Edwards, who dropped out of the race in January, joined Obama in Michigan for the announcement, the Wall Street Journal reports. His backing could help Obama with his weak spot—working-class white voters.

“There is one man who knows in his heart that it is time to tear down that wall and make one America—Barack Obama," said Edwards, setting up the general election as the "fight of our lives." A spokesman for Hillary Clinton said that while her camp respected Edwards, West Virginia voters proved "this thing is far from over."

Sources: Wall Street Journal, CBS, Talking Points Memo

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Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, is joined by former Democratic presidential hopeful, John Edwards, at a rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., Wednesday, May 14, 2008.   (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
In this Jan. 21, 2008, file photo, Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Edwards laugh after Obama spoke at the Martin Luther King Day March in Columbia, S.C.   (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is joined by John Edwards at a rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., Wednesday, May 14, 2008.   (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
John Edwards applauds while listening to Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., at a rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., Wednesday, May 14, 2008.   (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is joined by John Edwards, left, at a rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., Wednesday, May 14, 2008.   (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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