Letters to the Editor

Obama's speech on race Responding to the "divisive turn" the campaign has taken on racial issues, the candidate calls for Americans to "come together and say, 'Not this time.'" [2008-03-18]

• Calling John Edwards

  Obama's speech did what it had to do -- speak the truth, but speak in such a way so that all of could recognize it as true. Whether he gets the Democratic nomination for the Presidency this time or no -- and he certainly should -- he has given us a teaching moment.

  I supported John Edwards until he dropped out of the race, and came within a hair of voting for Clinton in the Massachusetts primary (in the end, it was less Obama, and more fear of Clintonism that kept me from voting for her). It is time, now, for John Edwards to get off the fence, endorse Obama, and instruct his 26 delegates that he wants them to cast their convention vote for Obama. In this speech, Obama reached out to exactly the Edwards core. What are you waiting for, John?

  -- thomas dumm
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