Edwards Sells Out? Meets with Hillary after Debate for 20 minutes -- JRE to endorse HRC for AG job?

HERE'S SOME COMMENTS:

am pretty sure Edward is going to endorse Clinton. I guess they are planning to gang up on Obama, which will eventually doom the Democratic Party.

Posted by: gbuze007 | January 22, 2008 10:57 AM

Good Gawd, John, don't get in bed with the devil, that woman, Hillary Clinton.

Posted by: wmpratt | January 22, 2008 11:13 AM

Could Shailagh Murray be any more unprofessional and irresponsible?

Posted by: zukermand | January 22, 2008 11:16 AM

Could Shailagh Murray be any more unprofessional and irresponsible?

Posted by: zukermand | January 22, 2008 11:16 AM

Sadly,she can and she frequently is.

Posted by: pmorlan1 | January 22, 2008 11:40 AM

Power! Greed! Fight! I am loving this.

Posted by: dennisflora | January 22, 2008 11:47 AM

So Edwards who has been the one hitting against Clinton the hardest on the trail and in the debates, now is meeting with Hillary to chat about media coverage? Give me a break! Hillary needs Edwards to stay in the race and dilute Obama numbers on February 5th. It would hardly be a stretch of the imagination to believe Hillary incapable of encouring Edwards to hang in there until the end to ensure she wins.

Obama certainly would have picked up a part of the 4% of caucus voters pledged to Edwards in NV, since the message of his campaign has been far more anti-Hillary than Obama's rhetoric, up to this point.

Hillary would hardly fare so well in the final debate leading to Super Tuesday, without Edwards to deflect her rancid personality.

If Edwards goes towards Clinton, he loses credibility. He attacked Hillary and in part allowed for her 'tears'. He claimed she was the establishment and status quo, to lean her way would show ill of him and I think help Obama - in one corner you have hope that Obama speaks of and in the other two liars in Edwards/Clinton.

Posted by: geneveva | January 22, 2008 12:07 PM

Is it farfetched to think that Edwards' supporters might get offended if they wake up and realize that they have become pawns to be used to broker an arrangement between Hillary and him? I can't believe what sheep Democrats have become. Obama is the future of the party, Hillary represents the ugly, corrupt and incompetent past of the Clinton/Bush era. Once again the party seems to be snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

Posted by: dennisacton | January 22, 2008 12:20 PM

If Edwards "kings" Hillary with his delegates, he will surely lose credibility. After all, his entire campaign is about how he doesn't take money from lobbyists and fighting for labor, etc. He's hit Clinton on this repeatedly. But what does he have to lose? Edwards' political life is over once he steps aside (unless he's vying for a VP slot). Everything to gain, nothing to lose.

Posted by: crystaltaurus | January 22, 2008 12:22 PM

UPDATE: I wonder if Edwards approached Obama after the debate before this, did not get a yes on a deal, so went straight over to Hillary and certainly made a deal with the deal-maker. That's what I'm beginning to wonder here. - DWW



PLEASE RECOMMEND IF YOU THINK EDWARDS ENDORSING HILLARY WOULD BE A SELL-OUT

I know he would make a great AG.

Hillary is "rancid".

So much hate from the Obaministas.

They could have been suggesting smaller groups for debates, rather than kicking anyone out.

met frequently to chat after these things. But suddenly NOW it's a big deal if two candidates have a chat aftere a debate.

Of course....they still could have been talking about BIG STUFF. :)

:)

Much ado about nothing.

Are you smoking something?

So to say he's a sellout is totally unfounded. They could have been exchanging hair care advice for all we know.

Edwards as AG would be a great platform for him to take on the corporations. But not with a corporatist president, who wouldn't allow him to do anything.

I'm not buying this. Hillary might have floated such an offer, but I don't think Edwards is that gullible.

The Bush administrations AGs have been so bad, they've perverted the purpose of the job so much, that we've forgotten who the AG is.

The AG is the people's lawyer not the presidents.

John Edwards would make an superb AG. It would not be surprising that he would take the job. Rather, it would be surprising that a corporatist president would offer him the job.

If that wouldnt be considered a slap in the face of everyone who has stood by Edwards, I dont know what it would take.

Hillary represents everything that Edwards is claiming to be running against.

and it seems to me that Hillary is closer to Edwards on healthcare, energy, and possibly even trade.

Did you also conclude that they discuss the problem with countering Extra-Terrestial Invasion Plans???? Give me a break!

Offstage Action at Dem. Debate?

By Shailagh Murray

"The nasty spat between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama last night sure created fireworks, but after the debate attention turned to an offstage encounter, between Clinton and former senator John Edwards.

According to eyewitnesses, they both walked out of their green rooms after the debate and agreed to talk, then went behind closed doors in Edwards's green room.

Clinton left 20 minutes later. No word on the subject matter, but as Edwards struggles in the polls with no wins to date, his post-campaign strategy is surely in the air.

"They were catching up, as they tend to do at the events, and probably discussing the evenhanded media coverage of the race," quipped Edwards spokesman Eric Schultz."

(4 paragraphs is permissible use)

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It was either about the weather or who John is endorsing. I think Edwards hitting Obama at the debate was the quid, now Hil will offer him the AG job for his sellout endorsement -- just wait.

Edwards has flip-flopped on so many things, this would only be one more...

It happens all the time that the Democratic Candidates talk to one another privately.

But if you have a two-headed baby gorilla brother of George Bush connection to such a meeting, by all means tell us! (I don't buy the National Enquirer --and I miss seeing it in the checkout rack a the grocery store!).

John Edwards; he was born for USAG....and we sure need someone as dedicated to the people as John Edwards!

Or shoud I say "lack" of facts! Get over your paranioa!

that Edwards had objected to during the debate. Clinton was probably trying to smooth things over with Edwards.

I think it would show that I'm right in my perception that Hillary is closer to Edwards on policy issues.

imagine he'd go there, but what do I know.

He'd have to endorse Hillary or Barack, and frankly neither one is a good choice.

:eyes:

Impressive. We have no idea what they talked about. :shrug:

they talked about the weather...

Doubtful they talked about the weather for 20 minutes. But it would take 20 minutes for 2 busy candidates to talk about a deal for an endorsement and delegates.

Hah! All the Edwards voters worked so hard -- and their delegates would go to nominate HILLARY!!!

ya'll are just spinning in thin air

AG of North Carolina, maybe.

But he has no experience in the DOJ at all; or in the federal criminal justice system either. He's been a civil plaintiff's attorney his entire career (which is perfectly fine).

...I am really for Edwards or HRC right now. I find no light, no heat, no inspiration in the monotoned BO speeches. And I don't think BO shows sufficient gumption and assertiveness to combat the GOP.

But that's just me.

This is nothing but garbage.No one has any idea what was discussed. It might have been personal. It might be to inquire about Elizabeth.It is not anyone's business. This is just clutching at straws to bash. You are making a lot of groundless assumptions yourself. You seem to be linking Edwards support with somehow blocking Hillary as a major component.You would be wrong. Edwards support is absolutely for himself and his platform.It isn't about either Hillarty OR Obama.

just saying....

:shrug:

need a job so badly that he would sellout to Hillary.

How else are they supposed to communicate between their campaigns?

KICK SOME ASS! Well, in an objective sort of way, of course.

that would demonstrate to me that all his populist rhetoric has been just that -- rhetoric . . . because there's no way Hillary Clinton is going to take on the corporations that are funding her campaign . . .

Not unlike a lot of the trash on here lately.

The cover of Abbey Road proves it. His feet are bare. "I am the walrus."