Did Sen. Edwards forget to congratulate Sen. Obama or was it intentional?

[beaconess]

I really hope it's the former!

[Eurobabe]

1. Not sure, but it was bad form

and if it was intentional, it speaks volumes.

[maryallen]

17. He's been up and campaigning for 36+ hours.

Give the man a break.

[IndianaJones]

2. probably Trippi advice. nt.

[jgraz]

3. I also hear he left the toilet seat up

Can we please find some serious shit to talk about?

[SaveElmer]

4. It was a pretty classless speech if you ask me...

Didn't bother to congratulate Obama...or the other contenders from what I heard...

[tammywammy]

5. He didn't

Hillary was very gracious and mentioned the other candidates.

[brentspeak]

6. Who cares?

There's no reason to congratulate anyone, anyway: the campaign isn't over. When it's over, THEN you congratulate.

[MissDeeds]

7. Thank you

:toast:

[frogmarch]

9. You're absolutely right. Iowa is just the beginning. nt

[Hieronymus]

10. Yes, that'll come in 306 days.

[tammywammy]

11. I agree as well

It's silly to nitpick over who congratulated whom.

[Jim Sagle]

12. Fuckin' A.

[bigwillq]

8. I thought his speech was fantastic

it wasn't about Clinton or Obama or Dodd or Biden or Kucinich or Gravel...it was about America and the American people and what he (or the next president) needs to do to help this country. I thought it was amazing.

[Occam Bandage]

13. Perhaps he brought the wrong notes out. That was just a generic stump speech.

Bad move.

[EffieBlack]

15. It was a perfect speech for his supporters, but the wrong speech to give live on national television

His supporters are already with him - he needs to make an impression and win over the people on the other side of the camera lens.

That's what got Dean in trouble in 2004 - his "scream" speech was great for his diehard supporters in the room, but hurt him irreparably with the broader audience.

Obama's speech was perfect - he was speaking to the country, not just to the people in the room. And he hit it out of the park.

[Occam Bandage]

16. Exactly right.

As I said in another thread, there was the ghost of Howard Dean in that room. He gave a stump speech for the crowd, and it seemed bizarre, confrontational, and angry to those at home.

[AtomicKitten]

14. Well, Hillary was gracious.

So, there's that.