woo hoo! Kennedy's not just endorsing, he'll be vigorously campaigning

in several states for Obama. From kos:

Ted Kennedy doing more than endorsing
by maineiac
Sun Jan 27, 2008 at 12:31:03 PM PST
Ted Kennedy will be doing more than endorsing Obama. He will be out there campaigning for him in some really important states.
According to the Boston Globe

Kennedy plans to campaign actively for Obama, an aide said, and will focus particularly among Hispanics and labor union members, who are important voting blocks in several Feb. 5 states, including California, New York, New Jersey, Arizona and New Mexico.
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The Clintons really, really tried to prevent this from happening. Politico reports

The Clinton campaign launched a last-ditch effort over the last few days to stop Kennedy's move, orchestrating a flood of phone calls to Kennedy from sources ranging from union chiefs to his Massachusetts constituents.
The former president also called Kennedy in a vain attempt to keep him out of the race, a source familiar with the conversation said.
Politico's sources found it "stunning," an endorsement with incredible potential to move voters.

Democrats said the endorsement will help Obama with traditional Democratic groups where Clinton has been strong — union households, Hispanics and downscale workers.
Also, the nod by the most experienced member of the Senate adds significant standing to Obama, who is working to prove he has the experience necessary to be president.
The announcement stunned Senate colleagues, who had expected Kennedy to remain neutral until the increasingly vitriolic nominating contest with Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) settled out.
Although the Clintons' tried to lessen the endorsement's impact a bit by being the ones to leak it to the press (or at least that's what was reported on CNN earlier), it will matter.

Kennedy will be out as a top, top surrogate. And he is trusted by Democratic voters across the nation.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/1/27/151922/842/173/444274

That would be amazing.

That makes Hillary look incredibly desperate. :popcorn:

During his two terms in the White House, President Clinton made repeated overtures to the Kennedy family. So the senator’s rejection of his wife is at least as embarrassing as her 28-point loss in the South Carolina primary on Saturday.

Ouch.

We need him here!

The Globe says he's going to CA

The Great Liberal Lion roaring for Obama throughout Mass, Minnesota, California, New York, and New Jersey in the lead-up to February 5...

:woohoo:

:party:

I'm so excited I must say! :bounce:

This is huge! I think some of these superdelegates may want to rethink their alignment. Super Tuesday is going to be very exciting...

development. I assume that others are hearing there are other surprises to come this week.