Griper Blade: Hillary Might as Well Campaign for McCain

Last month, Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean urged superdelegates to commit to one of the two dem candidates ASAP. "I need them to say who they’re for, starting now," Dean told CNN's Wolf Blitzer. For close observers, this bit of actual leadership was a little surprising -- so far, Dean had been more of an idea man. Good ideas, sure, but ideas without any actual leadership. It was as if he'd just realized that the Democratic primary was a runaway train.

One SD has taken Dean's call to commit -- twice. Hillary Clinton woke up to some bad news today.

CNN:

The Obama campaign announced Thursday that former Democratic National Committee Chairman Joe Andrew -- who was appointed to that post in 1999 by then-President Clinton -- is withdrawing his endorsement of Hillary Clinton, and backing Barack Obama instead.

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"Many will ask, why now? Why, with several primaries still remaining, with Senator Clinton just winning Pennsylvania, with my friend Evan Bayh working hard to make sure Senator Clinton wins Indiana, why switch now? Why call for super delegates to come together now to constructively pick a president?" said Andrew in a letter released Thursday.

"The simple answer is that while the timing is hard for me personally, it is best for America. We simply cannot wait any longer, nor can we let this race fall any lower and still hope to win in November. June or July may be too late. The time to act is now."

The timing suggests that Andrew saw how long the primary would have to go on for Hillary to win and that he decided his original choice had become too expensive...

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