Dick Cheney's Endorsement cheers some

Today the McCain Campaign got some much needed help, in the form of an endorsement from Vice President Dick Cheney. Oh wait...

Seriously, what do you think the reaction of the McCain staff was when they saw Cheney's endorsement come across the wire? Do you think they swore, or swooned? Do you think a few got physically ill?

Of course this endorsement did bring cheer to some, trouble was, they were all working for Barack Obama.

Check out Obama congratulating John McCain on the Cheney endorsement. As Obama makes clear John McCain earned it.


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Here is the prepared text of the speech Obama delivered in Colorado today:

"I'd like to congratulate Senator McCain on this endorsement because he really earned it. That endorsement didn't come easy. Senator McCain had to vote 90 percent of the time with George Bush and Dick Cheney to get it. He served as Washington's biggest cheerleader for going to war in Iraq, and supports economic policies that are no different from the last eight years. So Senator McCain worked hard to get Dick Cheney's support.

"But here's my question for you, Colorado: do you think Dick Cheney is delighted to support John McCain because he thinks John McCain's going to bring change? Do you think John McCain and Dick Cheney have been talking about how to shake things up, and get rid of the lobbyists and the old boys club in Washington?

"Colorado, we know better. After all, it was just a few days ago that Senator McCain said that he and President Bush share a 'common philosophy.' And we know that when it comes to foreign policy, John McCain and Dick Cheney share a common philosophy that thinks that empty bluster from Washington will fix all of our problems, and a war without end in Iraq is the way to defeat Osama bin Laden and the al Qaeda terrorists who are in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

"So George Bush may be in an undisclosed location, but Dick Cheney's out there on the campaign trail because he'd be delighted to pass the baton to John McCain. He knows that with John McCain you get a twofer: George Bush's economic policy and Dick Cheney's foreign policy -- but that's a risk we cannot afford to take."