Both Feingold and Sen. Herb Kohl declined to endorse either Obama or his rival, Sen. Hillary Clinton, before Tuesday's primary. Feingold said he believes there is a "presumptuousness" to such endorsements and that they are "largely silly and don't work."
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Well Russ did announce that he voted for Obama...
http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/273831
yeah but that was after the primary was over. His support probably doesn't carry that much sway in TX and OH.
Since their state voted for him, I'm guessing they'll vote for him at convention.
"largely silly and don't work."
Yes and No. While for the most part endorsements don't work, there have been some notable exceptions this time around. The Oprah endorsement certainly helped Obama with women in Iowa in my opinion. Also, the Kennedy endorsements really helped boost Obama after his SC win. He was able to erase some 20 pt deficits in some states in a matter of days.
On the other hand, Tammy Baldwin's endorsement of Hillary did nothing for her in Dane County. Obama still got 67% of the vote here... and the congressional district delegates were divided 5 for Obama and 2 for Clinton.
Makes you think whether or not she should switch her endorsement to match the will of her constituents, but that just gets into the whole messy superdelegate debate.
Tammy is elected to deal with the public policy of Dane County. The Democratic party is not something she is elected to handle. She may do as she wants.
The Democratic Party could nominate whoever Howard Dean wants. It's not illegal.
If Tammy has to switch, then so do Ted Kennedy, Deval Patrick, and John Kerry.
Hrm?
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