Outside the Beltway

Joe Wilson Endorses Hillary Clinton

James Joyner · Monday, July 16, 2007 · 7 comments

Valerie Plame’s husband, Joe Wilson, has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president on a conference call with liberal bloggers. Taylor Marsh, for one, is quite excited: “This is a huge deal for Candidate Clinton and a big endorsement for her candidacy. That it was broken on the blogs sends a powerful signal.”

My guess is the signal is that it actually isn’t a huge deal.

FILED UNDER: 2008 Election, Blogosphere, Hillary Clinton, Joe Wilson, Valerie Plame Affair

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Comments

Steven Taylor says:

Monday, 16 July 2007 at 16:09

I can’t imagine that there is a single voter out there trying to decided between Obama and Clinton who would hear this news and have it tip the balance.
yetanotherjohn says:

Monday, 16 July 2007 at 18:33

The hits just keep coming for McCain. First his second quarter results, now Wilson declines to endorse him. I’m shocked that the GOP let Wilson get away.
Consul-At-Arms says:

Monday, 16 July 2007 at 18:51

I’m shocked. Shocked.

Did he fax her his resume too?
Zelsdorf Ragshaft III says:

Monday, 16 July 2007 at 19:47

I don’t know what plans Hillary would have for Joe, but I would be willing to bet Bill would not mind a sleepover with Val.
jpe says:

Monday, 16 July 2007 at 20:41

Clinton’s gonna have trouble with the DKos wing of the blog. As ST notes, by itself this won’t do much, but if endorsements like this come in, it very may well tip some people into her….um….cup.
tammy swofford says:

Monday, 16 July 2007 at 22:57

I can hardly wait to see who endorses her next. yawn

Tammy
Christopher says:

Tuesday, 17 July 2007 at 02:24

Tweedle dee and tweedle dum