John Edwards, Tear Down That Wall!

The big question surrounding tonight's endorsement of Barack Obama by John Edwards is whether or not it was spontaneous. That is, did he just now decide to endorse Obama, or has it been in the works for awhile?

I think it's pretty obvious that the correct answer is the latter one. The timing was just too perfect for it to have been otherwise. The Obama campaign knew that the headlines coming out of West Virginia wouldn't be entirely positive--"he can't win among working class whites," blah blah blah, even if the results from last night have absolutely no effect on the final outcome whatsoever. And they also know that the media has a serious case of ADD and is drawn to shiny objects. So what better way to totally destroy that story than by playing the "John Edwards card" less than 24 hours after West Virginia? Instead of talking about West Virginia, John Edwards was the top story on every single news broadcast tonight.

If that it was happened, then I am once again in awe of the pure genius that is David Axelrod. Although, I know it's his trademark, but he'd seriously look ten years younger if he got rid of the mustache.