I know, this happened a few days ago, and is old news, but people are driving me crazy with talk about it, saying that if Edwards had done it earlier it would have been great, but now "it just doesn't matter". Are they crazy? Okay, so maybe it won't make the impact it could have made if he'd done it earlier, but with the race between Clinton and Obama still so close, any delegate that Obama picks up can only help him in his run for the Presidency. Thanks to Edwards, Obama is now five delegates closer than he was, along with the 4 superdelegates he picked up on his own since Wednesday. That makes the total now 1,896 for Obama compared to 1,718 for Hillary. It takes 2,026 to clinch the nomination. How can anyone say that Edwards' endorsement doesn't matter? I just don't get it, can't these great political pundits and armchair quarterbacks count? If there were a HUGE difference in the number of delegates (like 500 or so) each of the Democratic candidates has, then yes, John Edwards and his 19 delegates might not make a difference, but we're talking about a total that's so close, every delegate counts. Every delegate that swings over to Obama, no matter where the delegate was before or who he/she supported, is important to whether or not Obama is the one chosen to run against McCain come November. I grit my teeth every time I hear someone saying that Edwards and his endorsement and his 19 delegates don't count. People just don't seem to realize, "It ain't over till the lady in the pantsuit loses." She might be losing, but she hasn't lost yet.
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