ChrisR of mydd.com sees this is as a big gain for the following reasons:
Five reasons:
1) Symbolism: One can knock the Kennedys as the past. There's some powerful symbolism there among a great deal of Democratic voters -- particular older ones.
2) Credibility: He's still one of the leading D's out there in the Senate. He's what many thought HRC was going to be in the Senate -- a major power broker in the D party,
3) A nudge to superdelegates: This provides momentum and provides a signal to others in Congress: hop on board.
4) Media: This is two days of free media -- and provides an incredibly strong media narrative for one if not two of the nine days remaining,
5) Massachussets: It matters. With Patrick, Kerry and Kennedy, that puts Obama in much stronger shape in MA. The polls that took place before this endorsement and before SC? Utterly meaningless.
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