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Erstwhile Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, who dropped out of the race in early February, has officially endorsed Barack Obama's presidential run.
Edwards also ran for president in 2004 but was beaten to the Democratic nomination by John Kerry, who later lost to George W. Bush. He has long been a strong advocate of social justice issues and involved in development of real policy. While he was in the race it put pressure on both Obama and Clinton to define their policies and positions in more detail; since Edwards dropped out both Obama and Clinton have borrowed from several key planks of his campaign pitch.
John Edwards was my guy. It was never likely that he would win, but he had the best policies and outlook in my opinion. His endorsement of Obama is critical and leaves open the possibility I spoke hopefully about in February - a joint Obama/Edwards ticket in November. Edwards as Vice President would go some way to dissolving concerns about Obama's elitism and lack of appeal among small town rural voters, a constituency among who Edwards, from North Carolina, is both popular and respected.
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