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Kerry endorses Obama; it’sseen as slap to Edwards
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA – "Barack Obama can be, will be and should be the next president," told the crowd of about 4000 people, who listened from an outdoor courtyard shaded by live oak and Spanish moss at the College of Charleston.
"Who better than Barack Obama to turn a new page in American politics, so that Democrats, Independents and Republicans alike can look to the leadership that unites to find common ground?"

Barack Obama: the great non-white hope?                                                                                                                                    Jamaica Observer - Kingston,Jamaica
Has the Obama political "behemoth" been blunted in what seemed but a few days ago to be its unstoppable roll? Behemoth is not my coinage. The American pundits, who have followed the meteoric rise in political popularity of the young black senator from Illinois, were falling over themselves to find words to fit the incredible phenomenon of a relatively unknown black candidate who emerged the winner of the Iowa state democratic presidential caucuses, a state with only four per cent black population.

US election at-a-glance: 10 Jan        –      BBC News - UK
The Republican candidates take part in a televised debate in South Carolina, Hillary Clinton heads to Nevada, and Barack Obama goes to South Carolina where he receives an endorsement from 2004 Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry.

Lamont Follows Kerry With Obama Endorsement         -         Hartford Courant - United States
Joseph Lieberman over the war in 2006, endorsed Barack Obama for president tonight. The withdrawal of Sen. Christopher J. Dodd from the race last week left Lamont without a candidate just weeks away from the Super Tuesday primaries in Connecticut and 21 other states on Feb. 5.
"I don’t want to sit it out," Lamont said.

Endorsing Obama, Kerry Calls Him Leader of ‘Wisdom, Instinct and …      –    New York Times - United States
By JEFF ZELENY CHARLESTON, SC — Senator John Kerry embraced the presidential candidacy of Senator Barack Obama on Thursday, praising him as the only Democrat in the race who can inspire a movement to dislodge Washington partisanship and create a new image around the world. “Who better than Barack Obama to bring new credibility to America’s role in the world and help restore our moral authority?” Mr. Kerry said, speaking at a large rally here.

My money’s on Obama    –    Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
It is highly possible that Barack Obama’s victory in Iowa could reignite the kind of American optimism that filled the air during ’s campaign in in 1960. Many thought that Kennedy embodied the youthful vigor of the nation and could convince Americans that they were capable of doing anything. In other words, "The difficult can be done right away, but the impossible will take a little while longer."