standardRSS Roundup 5-15-08

I apologize that this is going to be really short but I am still feeling a bit under the weather. I promise that as soon as I get over whatever this bug is I will be right back to posting several good articles a day. Well, good or not I’ll post several articles a day. I’ll admit I have barely followed the news the past couple days so I only have a few things to post today. Both are from this morning while I was waiting to go to the Dr. I didn’t read the news at all yesterday.

John Edwards Is Endorsing Obama

[youtube width="250" height="197"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzkAjd3xQ7w[/youtube]

It was really just a matter of time before Edwards endorsed someone and I honestly think that had Clinton been in the lead it would have been her. All in all Edwards gives a great speech that I strongly recommend everyone watch. (h/t Shakesville)

Keith Olbermann Special Comment

I’ll admit I never watch Olbermann anymore for a lack of time but his special comments are so good that I always make sure to catch them after words. This one is just as good. (h/t Pandagon)

[youtube width="240" height="189"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i66ydWERdc[/youtube]

[youtube width="240" height="189"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ylITNTv_sk[/youtube]

The Rest of The News

Video of the Day

No Video today since I posted 3 above and the John Edwards speech is pretty long. If your going to watch anything today thats the thing to watch. Instead I am going to leave you with this picture. Read the sign and if you can’t spot what is wrong with it then read about the 1936 Summer Olympics.

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standardBreaking: John Edwards to Drop Out

Via AP by way of Feministing Edwards will be announcing today at 1:00 eastern.  I had always suspected he was running for Vice President so we will see what happens.  This officially makes it a 2 horse race, though it always has been.  Sad but not too surprising.

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standardObama With Lead in Hotly Contested Iowa Caucuses

With the Iowa caucuses being held tomorrow and the New Hampshire Primary five days later the race for the Democratic nomination is definitely heating up. A recent poll in Iowa shows Obama pulling ahead of Clinton by quite a large margin. In fact, the Des Moines Register has Obama with 32%, Clinton with 25%, and [...]

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standardEdwards Out Front On Labor

The Massachusetts SEIU has endorsed John Edwards for President. According to this story on Talking Points Memo this endorsement joins Iowa, California, Washington, Michigan, Idaho, Montana, Minnesota, Ohio, West Virginia and Oregon. With 11 state endorsements so far Edwards has a strong lead over the other presidential hopefuls. Edwards has a long history of supporting [...]

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