John Edwards - Giving a Voice to the Voiceless

[Ugnmoose]

Eugene Robinson offered a very insightful Op Ed piece in today's Washinton Post concerning John Edwards. Here is a snip - but do read the entire article.

"Edwards has a coherent, consistent message and is running a top-shelf campaign. He has beaten his rivals to the punch on several issues, and he's the most skilled debater of the bunch. The problem is that Clinton and Obama aren't candidates so much as phenomenons. They take up so much space that it's impossible to see the other guy.

Such is politics. But every time I go to an Edwards rally, I come away feeling disheartened -- not for Edwards, but for the people whose disappointment and disaffection he captures in his cadenced rhetoric about taking back the country from "special interests" holding it for ransom. Dismissing him as a born-again "populist" ignores the fact that Edwards has touched a nerve, especially in small towns and rural areas where, for the unskilled or the unlucky, "the economy" basically means Wal-Mart".



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/24/AR2008012402800.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

[maddezmom]

1. I'm a fan of Eugene Robinson

:)

[FreakinDJ]

2. Most likely to attract the famed "Swing Voter"

and without that not Hilary nor Obama can win

[redqueen]

3. He deserves to be the front-runner.

Thanks for posting this.

[stravu9]

4. Thank You John!

We need you!

[glowing]

5. I feel pretty excited about the campaign and the speeches.. finally someone

is talking about something real for once.

[Triana]

6. That's my guy! (n/t)

[avaistheone1]

7. People are really hurting in our country.

This thread segways well to - http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4206864


Check out the sign in this photo: "HELP US, John Edwards, You're Our Only Hope"

[stravu9]

8. somone should

:dem: