Below The Beltway

As Democrats gather in Denver, there’s one man who is basically being ignored:
DENVER - John Edwards is burning up the phone lines, begging former aides and backers to forgive him for lying about his affair - but hearing their rage instead.
As Democrats kick off their convention Monday, the onetime presidential contender is a man [...]

The national poll averages from October forward:

What it means:
According to the chart, Clinton’s national poll average was basically unchanged between the beginning of October and the middle of May, starting at about 41 percent and ending at about 42 percent. Although Clinton verged on 50 percent of the average poll and dipped to just below [...]

Andrew Sullivan takes his “team of rivals” idea to truly horrifying extremes:
Fantasy Team Of Rivals time: Clinton gets healthcare; Edwards gets poverty; Gore gets the environment; the other Clinton is made secretary of state.
Let’s just start with Clinton, the first one. If there’s any idea worse than making her Vice-President — where she can at [...]

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Looks like a General Election rally to me.

Former Presidential candidate John Edwards, who has sat on the sidelines of the Presidential race since dropping out, has finally endorsed a candidate:
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 14 — Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards gave his long-sought endorsement to Sen. Barack Obama on Wednesday night, calling on Democrats to unite behind him and turn their [...]

Well, it certainly took him long enough:
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - NBC News has confirmed that former Sen. John Edwards, who ended his bid for the Democratic nomination earlier this year, will endorse Sen. Barack Obama tonight.
Edwards, who was Sen. John Kerry’s running mate in 2004, will be introduced by the Illinois senator at his campaign [...]

The latest ABC News/WaPo Poll has an interesting section on public opinion on the respective parties’ Vice-Presidential nominees.
First, the Democrats:

And, the Republicans:

So, basically, what we have are entirely meaningless results for two reasons.
First, it’s fairly obvious that most of the responses are based on name recognition. People know who Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Mitt Romney, [...]

John Edwards spoke about the Democratic race and his refusal to endorse either one of the remaining candidates on the Today Show this morning:

And in a longer interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe:

So Edwards is still playing coy, to the point where he won’t even tell us who he voted for in a primary that’s over [...]

John Edwards says he wouldn’t accept the Vice-Presidential nomination this year:
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said on Thursday he would not accept the nomination for U.S. vice president as he did four years ago.
In other news, Dan Quayle has taken his name out of contention on the Republican side.

The former Senator from North Carolina and customer of $ 400 haircuts really is full of himself:
TIME’s Mark Halperin spoke with Sirius Radio’s Bill Geddie yesterday on the importance of John Edwards’ endorsement:
MARK HALPERIN: .He [John Edwards] comes with some delegates who he won before he dropped out and also everyday matters and his endorsement [...]