Edwards shows his true colors

John Edwards endorsement of Barack Obama today didn't make me think any more of Obama but it did make me think a lot less of Edwards, whom I had originally favored to win the Democratic nomination. His timing was such as to rain on Hillary's parade having just come off a resounding victory in West Virginia. In his speech Edwards said in effect, "to hell with West Virginia", they don't count. Rather than endorsing Obama out of conviction, by waiting this late in the process, Edwards appears only to have gaged that Obama will win and that he, Edwards, wants to be on the winning team. He looks like an opportunist who doesn't want to shut the door on his chances of running for Vice President again or at least being offered a cabinet post in an Obama administration. This kind of chinanery makes me want Hillary to win all the more.

Save Us From Pundits

The arrogance of so-called reporters in telling us that the Democratic nomination race is over grows more tiresome daily. I don't recall hearing many sports announcers telling their audience at the end of the eight inning that since one team is down by two runs, that they should really consider just forfeiting the game and letting everyone go home.
Continuing the sports analogy, I don't think an announcer who spent most of the entire game trashing one of the teams would have much credibility with the audience either. Oh, they would probably only piss off fans of the team being trashed, since the other team's fans would like to win the game even if it was with a forfeiture. But real fans of the game think it's important to play out the game no matter what. When I watch a sports game though, I expect to hear the announcer's opinions being expressed. When I watch political news coverage I don't expect, nor do I want to know, the opinions of the announcers.