Should Future Edwards or Obama Endorsers Skip the Courtesy Call to the Clintons?

[CorpGovActivist]

In light of the emerging reports that http://news.google.com/news?svnum=10&as_scoring=d&tab=vn&hl=en&ned=us&q=clinton+heated+telephone+exchange+kennedy+source%3Anew_york_times">Senator Kennedy placed a courtesy call to the Clintons to give them fair warning of his decision, and the ensuing leak, should future endorsers who side with Edwards or Obama forego the drama of calling the Clintons, and just do it?

- Dave

[Egnever]

1. The clintons leaked the endorsement?

[CorpGovActivist]

4. News Shows This Morning...

... said a Clinton official was confirming, before either Kennedy or Obama announced.

- Dave

[Fredda Weinberg]

5. According to this, Ted's friends' talked

"But multiple sources said Mr. Kennedy was upset"

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/28/us/politics/28kennedy.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

[JI7]

2. i think Ted called because they had already been discussing this issue

[frogcycle]

3. you mean like kerry?

[CorpGovActivist]

6. What?

:shrug:

[frogcycle]

7. blindsided Edwards when he endorsed Obama

[CorpGovActivist]

8. Is There a Definitive Post-Mortem...

... on the tick tock on that?

- Dave

[frogcycle]

9. well, Edwards said repeatedly he heard it in the news, not before

[karynnj]

11. Did he mention that he had stopped taking calls from Kerry?

[karynnj]

10. Given that Edwards had shut off comunication from Kerry, that kind of absolves Kerry of any

responsibility to call him. Not to mention that both Kerrys showed incredible character and disapline not to respond to all the Edwards attacks on them. Those petty attacks, that don't bother people who are upset about this, show that Edwards thought he owed Kerry nothing.

Why would Kerry owe Edwards something and Edwards owe Kerry nothing? (Even in the general election, Edwards apparently didn't think he owed it to Kerry to use the campaign slogan chosen by Kerry.) Kerry gave Edwards the platform to get additional visibility and the stature of being on a national ticket. What did Edwards give Kerry? Tsouris?

[CorpGovActivist]

12. Karynnj, Is There a Link You Wouldn't Mind Sharing?

I'm curious about the post-mortem on this. When the news broke, I focused more on the graciousness of the two men toward one another on camera, but usually once the dust settles, the truth comes out in good post-mortem write-ups.

Thank you.

: )

- Dave