It looks like Edwards’ endorsement of Obama for President came in exchange for his support of policies to end poverty.  The effort is to halve poverty in the next 10 years.  Bold. 

For those in Oakland that shook their heads in disgust when our Mayor Ron Dellums endorsed Clinton, I wonder if they’ll be calls for him to reconsider.  He’s not a super delegate, but other cities are holding their electeds accountable.  Oh well, Dellums pulled back from campaigning for Clinton a couple months ago so that may be a sign in and of itself.  Long before her comment this weekend about Obama not being able to win “hard-working white America” which supporter Rep. Charlie Rangal called, “the dumbest statement ever” over the weekend.  She agreed in with him yesterday and is likely stewing in her juices about Edwards endorsement today.  Not because it brings a huge number of delegates (18) although each one counts, but because it seems to put him higher in vice-presidential consideration.

Edwards freaked me out with his Israel policy when he was running for VP last time, but his anti-poverty campaign is inspired.  Just what our country needs.