Clinton Courting Edwards, Supporters?

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by Aaron Bruns

Sen Clinton praised her former rival John Edwards in blue collar Lewiston, ME — saying she’d want him to be a part of her White House.

Addressing a former Edwards backer who stood up to say she’d switched her support to the NY Senator, Hillary said she had a lot in common with Edwards. “”I will be a fighter,” she said, “and I intend to ask John Edwards to be a part of anything I do at the White
House.”

Earlier, she joined herself with the one-time VP nominee on the issue of health care, saying “I’m proud Sen Edwards and I decided to put ourselves on the line politically and said we’re going to be focused on achieving universal health care.” Obama, she says, did not.

Edwards has not endorsed a candidate since dropping out of the Democratic race, and his supporters have mostly split between the two front runners. Both Clinton and Obama have courted the fmr NC Senator, who might be counted on to deliver the working-class constituency he cultivated during the campaign.

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