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Following closely on the heels of the endorsement of Caroline Kennedy, who compares Obama to her father, the late John F. Kennedy, Senator Ted Kennedy will endorse Obama on Monday.
The Boston Globe has more:

Senator Edward M. Kennedy will endorse Barack Obama for president tomorrow, breaking his year-long neutrality to send a powerful signal of where […]

In a savvy move, the John Edwards campaign is finally calling out the media for their almost near total blackout of his campaign since the primary season started. They’ve launched a new page called “Where is John?” that highlights the media’s near total emphasis on a two-person Hillary-Obama race in their coverage to the […]

This is a solid ad–let’s see if it gives Edwards a boost over the next 2 days (more analysis below):

No one is really speaking for the middle class, AND the millions of poor and disadvantaged in his election except John Edwards. One wishes we saw more of this vision and compassion in […]

I have to say I’m both frustrated and sickened by the horrible coverage of the New Hampshire primaries, particularly by CNN. The so-called, and self-named, “Best Political Team” on television continues to ignore John Edwards’ campaign events, while solely focusing on Obama and Clinton. On the Republican side, the media is obsessed with […]

Obama has taken the lead, with over 30 percent in.
SENATOR BARACK OBAMA : 33.08%
SENATOR JOHN EDWARDS : 32.16%
SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON : 31.86%
GOVERNOR BILL RICHARDSON : 1.79%
SENATOR JOE BIDEN : 0.98%
SENATOR CHRIS DODD : 0.08%
UNCOMMITTED : 0.05%
PRECINCTS REPORTING: 607 OF 1781
(PERCENTAGES ARE STATE DELEGATE EQUIVALENTS.)

SENATOR JOHN EDWARDS : 33.18%
SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON : 32.47%
SENATOR BARACK OBAMA : 31.52%
GOVERNOR BILL RICHARDSON : 1.90%
SENATOR JOE BIDEN : 0.81%
SENATOR CHRIS DODD : 0.07%
UNCOMMITTED : 0.05%
PRECINCTS REPORTING: 346 OF 1781

The official Iowa Democratic Party website reports Edwards leading the Democrats with 21 out of 1781 precincts reporting–here are the numbers:
SENATOR JOHN EDWARDS : 38.14%
SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON : 37.29%
SENATOR BARACK OBAMA : 23.31%
GOVERNOR BILL RICHARDSON : 1.25%
PRECINCTS REPORTING: 21 OF 1781

Congressman Tom Lantos (CA-12) announced today he will retire at the end of his 14th term this year, because he was diagnosed with esophageal cancer, and will not seek re-election. Best wishes to Lantos, and we wish him a speedy recovery from his treatment.
Calitics has more on the retirement, and notes that State Sen. […]

In a story that has not been getting too much media coverage, Ralph Nader endorsed John Edwards for President yesterday.
Today, on (or in?) “The Situation Room” with Wolf Blitzer on CNN, Edwards seemed to partially downplay the endorsement, stating that he hadn’t talked or met with Nader regarding the endorsement. Perhaps the Edwards’ campaign […]