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Joe Lieberman, Obama's Senate mentor.

There were concerns back in 2006 that Daschle might run for president:

When former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) announced last week that he would not run for president, he was largely ignored by the national news media.

But, Daschle's decision actually has major repercussions when it comes to the candidacy of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) -- currently THE hot candidate of Democratic presidential politics. (Witness the rock star treatment that Obama received during a book signing and campaign stop in New Hampshire yesterday.)

Why? Because many people in Obama's inner circle have close ties to Daschle and would have been put in an extremely tough situation if both men had decided to run. With Daschle out, the way is clear for these experienced campaign hands to focus full-time on Obama -- a boon for the relatively inexperienced Senator as he navigates the tricky waters of a national bid in the coming months. If Obama does decide to run, you can expect a number of other top-level staffers with ties to Daschle to jump on-board the nascent presidential campaign.

And those staffers are

*Pete Rouse: Rouse served as Daschle's chief of staff for 20 years before the South Dakota Senator's defeat in 2004. Shortly afterward, he was selected to serve in that same post for Obama.

*Robert Gibbs: Obama's communications director, Gibbs served in that same role at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in the 2002 cycle. He was handpicked by the Daschle operation for that job.

*Steve Hildebrand: Daschle's campaign manager in 2004 (and South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson's in 2002), Hildebrand accompanied Obama on a recent trip to Iowa and has been reaching out to potential staff behind the scenes. Hildebrand also ran the Iowa caucuses for then Vice President Al Gore in 2000.

*Anita Dunn: Dunn, a longtime Daschle aide, has been tasked with straightening out Obama's Hopefund PAC through the end of this year. She will not be a part of any Obama bid as she is committed as a senior strategist for Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh (D).

*Todd Webster: Webster is a former spokesman for Daschle and the brains behind www.runobama.com, a draft site for the Illinois Senator that has collected some 11,000 signatures urging him to run.

Daschle endorsed Obama in February 2007.

John Kerry is endorsing Obama.

yah, if you want my vote, the best way to get it is support from arguably the most pathetic Dem candidate EVAR. (gee, and I'll bet Edwards is surprised over this, too--kinda like he was the morning after the 2004 election, when Kerry'd snuck out without so much as a goodbye kiss.)

http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2008/01/re...

No wonder he's endorsing Obama.

Edwards, IIRC, wanted to keep fighting.

[x] Any (D) in the general. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.

Why carry the baggage of that endorsement, especially when Kerry rolled over on the Ohio results?

Let Obama deal with it.

"Edwards, IIRC, wanted to keep fighting."

you are correct, sir.

Kerry couldn't have been a more apt endorsement. Obama has no plans for defending himself against the massive partisan slime machine coming his way, and neither did Kerry.

Oh, and both, from their message, had been and will be ready to roll over in the name of unity when push comes to shove.

Obama can keep him. I'm hoping that Kennedy endorses Hillary (or at least Edwards).

no, no people, you've got it all wrong. it's a 'gentleman's club,' remember? all past failures are forgotten, all promises to voters ignored, all inconsistencies with the majority view overlooked.
and in the end, it's not like they really care if we like him/them or not- they are well aware of 'what matters' in this supposed contest, and that's chits and favors traded behind closed doors, between players whose power comes not from popularity with the electorate, but with those who provide campaign funds.

no sin is so great it cannot be forgotten in the minds of the villagers. that's probably been true forever, but never more so now.

...but you wanted a link from Bradblog on the BH results? Here ya go:

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5535#more-5535

You might want to read it and click thru the links about LHS Asociates. Then you can come back and post more petty insults.

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[x] Any (D) in the general. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.

Extend the hand of unity to the GOP to make their lives easier. Smearing is such hardwork, and by running with Kerry, he is meeting them halfway. Half of the dirty smear trickery would be already researched, so they would have more unity time to work with Obama. You know, some bipartisan roundtables with the Swifties.

Vis a vis "no sin is so great it cannot be forgotten in the minds of the villagers.": You can do anything to an alcoholic except hurt his or her feelings, in which case watch out.

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