WASHINGTON – Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Robert M. “Mike” Duncan released the following statement today:
“Barack Obama and John Edwards share an out-of-touch agenda that would raise taxes on families while cutting funding for our troops. The only question is why didn’t Edwards endorse sooner? Edwards’ endorsement of a candidate he previously blasted as inexperienced, hypocritical, and lacking substance will not help Obama with voters looking for real change.” Read the rest of this entry »
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - Democrat John Edwards has given his long-awaited endorsement to Barack Obama.
It’s a major boost from a former presidential rival as Obama tries to shrug off Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is determined to press ahead.
Edwards was to appear with Obama in Grand Rapids, Mich., as Obama campaigns in a critical general election battleground.
The endorsement comes the day after Clinton defeated Obama by more than 2-to-1 in West Virginia. The loss highlighted Obama’s work to win over the “Hillary Democrats” - white, working-class voters who also supported Edwards in large numbers before he exited the race.
Edwards, a former North Carolina senator and the 2004 vice presidential nominee, dropped out of the race in late January.
WASHINGTON - (AP) Democratic presidential rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton can agree on one thing - they want their party to have more money, no matter who is the nominee.
The Democratic National Committee announced Wednesday that it had signed agreements with both campaigns to begin raising money together.
As part of the agreement, donors can contribute up to $33,100 to the newly created Democratic White House Victory Fund. Most of the money will benefit whichever candidate becomes the nominee.
Officials at the DNC said Chairman Howard Dean has been working with both campaigns on the idea since February.
At the end of March, the DNC had $5.3 million in the bank, compared to $31 million for the Republican National Committee.
FRANKFORT, Ky. - Kentucky isn’t much different from West Virginia, at least, demographically.
Both states are overwhelmingly white, largely rural and have a greater share of residents below the poverty line and without college degrees than the nation as whole, the Associated Press reports.
And that’s why Hillary Clinton may end up with a sizable victory in Kentucky’s May 20 Democratic primary. She handily won West Virginia earlier this week.
