NY Times: Edwards Promises a Positive Vision and to Change the 'Two Americ

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Edwards Promises a Positive Vision and to Change the 'Two Americas'

BOONE, Iowa, Jan. 6 — Senator John Edwards cannot sit still.

He paces, he wheels, walks up, walks back. He leans in to listeners to make a point, fixing a hard gaze. His hands reach out, curling into fists. His face twists as he talks of President Bush.

"You know, he lives this sheltered life, where he goes to events and they're ticketed," Mr. Edwards said in South Carolina the other day. "Everybody has to be approved first to get in. He needs to talk to people who weren't approved."

He added: "I'm here to tell you he is completely out of touch with what is happening here in real America. Well, let me say this in the simplest possible terms: This is not only where I come from, this is what I care about."

For Mr. Edwards, one of nine Democrats seeking the party's nomination for president, his stump speech is very personal, tinged with anger about the power of the privileged and, lately, leavened with optimism. "You and I can change America," he said at a library gathering here on Monday.

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Edwards Promises a Positive Vision and to Change the 'Two Americas'

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[maddezmom]

1. read this the other day

very inspiring. :)

[chimpymustgo]

2. I'm thrilled to see him moving up in Iowa.

We've got to have a ticket that can help us take back the Senate, or at least hold on to our numbers and the power to filibuster against right-wing LIFE TERM judicial nominees.

FIVE SOUTHERN SENATE SEATS are open. We've got to be able to compete there.

Edwards/Clark. Clark/Edwards.

[anti-bush]

3. Good article

I think people will be surprised by Edwards' showing in Iowa.