Edwards won't endorse

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 06 May 2008 07:10:03 -0400

In not-unexpected news, John Edwards won't endorse.

In an interview with People magazine (!), the former U.S. senator and his wife, Elizabeth, finally, officially, totally on the record say that they will not endorse in the Democratic presidential primary between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

But Edwards did give his quick takeaway on the two candidates:

On Clinton: "I like something different about Hillary. I think her tenacity shows a real strength that's inside her."
What doesn't he like about Clinton? "Um, still a lot of the old politics," John Edwards said.
As for Obama, he says: "Sometimes I want to see more substance under the rhetoric."
But he cited two things he likes about the charismatic young senator from Illinois: "One is, I think he really does want to bring about serious change and a different way of doing things. And secondly, I think it's a great symbolic thing to have an African-American who could be president."

At that, Elizabeth Edwards rolled her eyes and said that having a female president would also be symbolic.

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