Edwards Endorses Obama

Part 1

Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards endorsed Barack Obama on Wednesday at a campaign event in Grand Rapids, Michigan:

"The reason I'm here tonight is because the Democratic voters have made their choice, and so have I."

Part 2

"There is one man who knows and understands that this is a time for bold leadership. There is one man that knows how to create the change, the lasting change, that you have to build from the ground up. There is one man who knows in his heart there is time to create one America, not two ... and that man is Barack Obama."

Edwards, has a total of 19 pledged delegates who may or may not pledge their support for Obama at the Democratic National Committee's August convention in Denver, Colorado.

Edwards, who is not a superdelegate, said last week that it was fine for Clinton to continue making her case but expressed concern that a continued campaign could damage the party's prospects in November.

Yesterday's endorsement could help Obama reach out to white blue-collar voters, a demographic that Obama has failed to capture, most notably in the recent Pennsylvania and West Virginia primaries.