John Edwards: “I think Barack Obama’s doing pretty well without my endorsement”

I think it’s fairly logical to deduce from this morning’s appearance by John Edwards on Morning Joe that he voted for Obama and will eventually endorse him:

Another interesting quote from Edwards after they played him audio of Hillary’s “white Americans” comment:

I think it’s fine for Hillary to keep making the case for her. I think when that shifts to her contention about everything that’s supposed to be wrong with him--and I don’t agree with some of what she just said, by the way--but I think that then we’re doing damage instead of trying to be helpful.

But maybe the best part was when a visibly irked fill-in co-host Tiki Barber cut to the chase....

Race is going to play a part in this. I think what you were saying Mika, but you kind of walked around it, which I’ll say directly. Do you think that Hillary Clinton believes Barack Obama cannot win the presidency because he’s black?

I don’t know if this is a campaign-ender for Hillary, but it’s starting to look awfully Macaca-like when folks like Barber begin asking questions like that.

SOMEWHAT RELATED FROM RASMUSSEN:

Rasmussen Reports will soon end our daily tracking of the Democratic race and focus exclusively on the general election competition between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama. Barring something totally unforeseen, that is the choice American voters will have before them in November. While we have not firmly decided upon a final day for tracking the Democratic race, it is coming soon.

Ouch. [via a commenter at Balloon Juice]