The John Edwards Primary

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The John Edwards Primary

The John Edwards primary is now in full swing. Hillary Clinton made a clandestine visit to see her former rival last Thursday at his home in North Carolina to seek his support. Late Monday it will be Barack Obama's turn to make the pilgrimage to Tobacco Road. The Illinois senator ought to be ready for some serious conversation.

That Edwards is agonizing over the endorsement should be worrisome to Obama. Edwards, the scourge of special interests, should be easy pickings for the change candidate in the Democratic race, given all Edwards has said in criticism about Clinton over months of campaigning. But outward appearances suggest he is genuinely torn. An endorsement of Clinton would be a blow to Obama.

Whether Edwards will soon endorse in the Democratic race is not clear. But if he does, the decision is likely to generate as much media attention as Ted Kennedy's announcement that he was supporting Obama. Al Gore would top both in terms of instant impact, but there is no sign that the environmental oracle is ready to plunge back into the gritty world of presidential politics.

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Obama-Edwards Meeting Is Scratched, for Now

Senator Barack Obama’s campaign has confirmed that he has canceled a meeting scheduled for today with former Senator John Edwards in North Carolina. The two have been talking on the phone and will meet soon, people close to both men say, but for now the media attention has become too intense and is out of control, with stake-outs at Mr. Edwards’s home.

The media attention is not likely to die down as the political world waits for Mr. Edwards, who has dropped out of the race, to signal whether he will endorse either Mr. Obama or Senator Hillary Clinton and what else he might ask for.

But it may prompt Mr. Obama to seek a more private rendezvous, the way Mrs. Clinton did last week when she stealthily flew to North Carolina, without the knowledge of her traveling press corps.

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isn't princess johnny's 15 minutes of fame more than over by now?  having to kiss her ass must be deeply mortifying to The BarackStar! and hillary.