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01/29/2004 Archived Entry: "Kerry Brings It On"

Posted by steve @ 01:14 PM EST [Link]

KERRY VS. EDWARDS: Interesting little piece in today's NRO about how John Kerry is bringing the battle to John Edwards.

But that's the story in South Carolina where prominent black congressman Jim Clyburn is publicly endorsing Sen. John Kerry while his most prominent adviser, Ike Williams, has been working hard for Sen. John Edwards for a week. Even in the Byzantine political world of South Carolina, this is strange.

It could be a sign that electability continues to replace anger as the dominant Democratic motivation in the primaries. Clyburn sees Edwards as electable in South Carolina, but he also sees Kerry as the most electable in November, so he makes the Solomon-like decision to support them both.

Read on.