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My reaction to this?
It's no reaction at all.
I just realized that I don't care one whit who another politician endorses -- and now wonder exactly how much this really matters to a majority of informed voters.
We can debate all day long about the "Oprah Effect". If it exists, it's probably due to her star appeal to people who aren't already politically involved. She essentially speaks to those to whom traditional politicians don't already speak.
But a Kerry endorsement of Obama? It will be old news before the end of the week. And Tim Johnson? Not exactly a household name anywhere outside S. Dakota! Wouldn't even qualify as "sound and fury, signifying nothing" -- very little sound, and no fury, but still probably signifying nothing.