By TODD J. GILLMAN / The Dallas Morning News WARREN, Mich. – Sen. Barack Obama could have wrapped up the Democratic nomination long ago if he'd figured out

: Charles Rex Arbogast / - After Edwards dropped out of the race in January, Obama and Clinton competed fiercely for his endorsement.
John Edwards finally makes his choice: Barack Obama
e-point rout sparked new questions about his persistent troubles appealing to white, blue-collar voters, even if it did little to boost Clinton's prospects. In Edwards, Obama picked up the support of a former presidential candidate who had emphasized his roots as the son of a mill worker and aimed his pitch at working-class voters.

BY MICHAEL SAUL and DAVID SALTONSTALL John Edwards - one of the last top Democrats on the endorsement fence - threw his full weight and working-class cred behind Barack Obama Wednesday, even as Hillary Clinton vowed to fight on.
In a dramatic move that brings Obama ever closer to donning the party's crown, Edwards embraced Obama at a raucous Michigan rally Wednesday night.
help Edwards push his initiative to reduce U.S. poverty by half in 10 years, but he didn't get everything he wanted. Edwards' wife, Elizabeth - who is battling cancer and has called Clinton's health care plan superior - was noticeably absent from the event.

By Julianna Goldman and Kristin Jensen May 15 (Bloomberg) - John Edwards's endorsement yesterday of Barack Obama leaves former Vice President Al Gore as the major Democratic figure still on the sidelines in the party's presidential race.
Edwards, a former North Carolina senator who ended his own bid for the nomination in January, said Obama is the candidate who can unite Democrats for the ``fight of our lives'' in the November election.
n 40 superdelegates who endorsed Obama.

John Edwards will endorse Barack Obama at a Grand Rapids, Mich., rally. --Peter Slevin and Anne E. Kornblut | More » Hillary Rodham Clinton suggested today

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards will endorse Sen. Barack Obama on Wednesday at a campaign event in Grand Rapids,