by John McCormick
Using a day when the weather was too bad to fly north, Sen. Barack Obama snuck down to North Carolina to meet privately Sunday with his former Democratic presidential nomination rival.
“Senator Obama visited this morning with John and Elizabeth Edwards at their home in Chapel Hill to discuss the state of the campaign and the pressing issues facing American families,” Obama’s campaign said in a statement, providing no additional details.
The media typically travels wherever Obama goes these days, but he left the entourage behind in Chicago on a day when his campaign said all of his events had been canceled because of snow and ice in Wisconsin.
The two men had been set to meet a week ago, but the meeting was postponed because camera crews had started to stake out the Edwards home.
Sen. Hillary Clinton also snuck away from her traveling press corps to meet privately with Edwards at his home more than a week ago for a discussion of a possible endorsement.
Edwards, a former North Carolina senator and vice presidential candidate, dropped out of the nomination fight shortly before Super Tuesday. Ever since, Obama and Clinton have repeatedly mentioned and praised him in hopes of winning his endorsement.
Obama has also said he periodically talks to Edwards on the telephone.