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Ted Kennedy Endorses Obama, Mary Jo Kopechne Unavailable For Comment

Whoopadeedoo.  A bloated, crooked sot makes an endorsement.

"I feel change in the air. What about you?" Kennedy said in a speech salted with scarcely veiled criticism of Obama's chief rival for the nomination, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, as well as her husband, the former president.

Kennedy's endorsement was ardently sought by all three of the remaining presidential contenders, and he delivered it at a pivotal time in the race.

Rather than taking advantage of the ensuing media frenzy by offering a policy proposal or a hint of a tangible idea (the way older, less exciting candidates might have), Obama opted for a lovely string of abstractions about "lifting up, not tearing down" and "remaking the world" and some other tingly froth.

While the Clintons reportedly begged Kennedy not to bat for Senator Obama, the writing has been on the wall for some time.  As early as 2005 (before Obama even came to the Senate), Teddy alluded to the alluring prospects of an Osama Obama candidacy.

Update:  Jammie Wearing Fool has me beat by a mile in the headline department (Building Bridges Rather Than Driving Off Them: Fat Drunk From Taxachusetts Endorses Barry O) and notes that in Hillaryland, it's Reno Time!

And that seems like a good enough excuse to post this.

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Ted Kennedy Endorses Obama, Mary Jo Kopechne Unavailable For Comment

Whoopadeedoo.  A bloated, crooked sot makes an endorsement.

"I feel change in the air. What about you?" Kennedy said in a speech salted with scarcely veiled criticism of Obama's chief rival for the nomination, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, as well as her husband, the former president.

Kennedy's endorsement was ardently sought by all three of the remaining presidential contenders, and he delivered it at a pivotal time in the race.

Rather than taking advantage of the ensuing media frenzy by offering a policy proposal or a hint of a tangible idea (the way older, less exciting candidates might have), Obama opted for a lovely string of abstractions about "lifting up, not tearing down" and "remaking the world" and some other tingly froth.

While the Clintons reportedly begged Kennedy not to bat for Senator Obama, the writing has been on the wall for some time.  As early as 2005 (before Obama even came to the Senate), Teddy alluded to the alluring prospects of an Osama Obama candidacy.

Update:  Jammie Wearing Fool has me beat by a mile in the headline department (Building Bridges Rather Than Driving Off Them: Fat Drunk From Taxachusetts Endorses Barry O) and notes that in Hillaryland, it's Reno Time!

And that seems like a good enough excuse to post this.