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John Edwards today endorsed Sen. Obama in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

As Edwards was endorsing Obama, Senator Clinton was meeting with donors — right after her big win last Tuesday in “Bigot Land,” West Virginia.

Superb timing for Obama — essentially a “Double whammy,” that completely mutes the discussion of Clinton’s West Virginia win over the air-waves.

While endorsing Obama Edwards said: “Brothers and sisters, we must come together as Democrats to defeat McCain.” “We are here tonight because the Democratic voters have made their choice, and so have I.” Obama “stands with me” in a fight to cut poverty in half within 10 years.

“The Democratic voters of America have made their choice and so have I,” he told the rally, citing Obama’s “bold leadership” and his commitment to “lasting change.”

Obama, he said, citing his own signature phrase, “knows in his heart that it is time to create one America, not two.”

Most important — is that Edwards has 18 pledged delegates, who may end up voting for Obama — negating the net 12 delegates Clinton collected in West Virginia on Tuesday.

   Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, is joined by former Democratic
   presidential hopeful, John Edwards, at a rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., May 14, 2008.

…More From The New York Times: John Edwards Endorses Barack Obama — “The reason I am here tonight is that Democratic voters in America have made their choice and so have I,” Mr. Edwards said of Mr. Obama.

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By MIKE GLOVER – Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democrat Barack Obama expanded his fragile lead in delegates over rival Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday, picking up nine delegates as Iowa activists took the next step in picking delegates to the national convention. Read the full story

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