Kerry Backs Obama

POSTED BY Raleigh-Elizabeth Smith, 10 January 2008

Barack Obama has won the support of Senator John Kerry, the AP reports this morning. While I'm sure Barack is thrilled to have the endorsement of the guy that couldn't beat Bush, I'd be holding out for someone who, say, actually has won office.

Kerry, a senator from Massachusetts, plans to announce his support Thursday at a rally at the College of Charleston, said a Democrat familiar with Kerry's decision. The 2004 nominee will argue that Obama can best unite the country and has the potential to create transformational change, the person said.

Nevertheless, Obama and Kerry go way back by Washington standards: for the last year, the two have been working doggedly to fight new FCC ownership rules that would benefit the larger conglomerates to the detriment of small media outlets.