Edwards: This is not a two-person race

[JohnLocke]

Edwards: not a two-person race
"First Read" MSNBC blog
Saturday, January 5, 2008
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From NBC's Kevin Corke:

CONCORD, N.H. -- Edwards packed in an overflow crowd of 415 at a Shriner Hall here and said he's the underdog in the race again. He also encouraged Granite-staters to ignore the national media, who have been proclaiming this a two-person race (ie: Obama-Clinton).

Trends: (1) Edwards is hammering the idea that he's the little guy (the underdog) in the race and is hoping New Hampshire voters, who have a penchant for rejecting Iowa's judgment will vote for him and defy political convention (and the national media); (2) He's spending a lot of energy comparing his ideas to Obama's while being careful to not mention him by name too much; (3) He has also been talking more about domestic environmental and energy policy, international affairs and the struggling economy.

Edwards Quoteables: (1) "We cannot sustain this ad hoc strategy to prevent the spread of nuclear technology."

(2) "We're not the $100 million campaign."

Scene: Edwards (again introduced by his wife Elizabeth, who got tremendous applause) tried to draw distinctions between his policy proposals and his competitors. He took more questions than usual at this stop and touched on a wider range of issues.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/05/550810.aspx

[bunkerbuster1]

1. No, it's down to two...

You and Barak, methinks.

But modesty is a good thing in politics.

[liberal N proud]

2. The MSM is trying their hardest to make it a two person race

[peacebird]

3. kick! and off you go to the Greatest Page!

[HamdenRice]

4. Edwards will EAT HIS WORDS! It is a two person race!

Obama and Edwards!

(Not as he is implying Obama and Clinton.)

:rofl:

I can't wait to see these two guys debating head to head after Hillary drops out.

It's gonna be better than Stevenson-Eisenhower. Except this will be even more highminded, progressive, practical and inspiring.

Let's get it on: The University of Chicago constitutional law professor versus the silver tongued progressive trial lawyer!

[TechBear_Seattle]

5. But... but.... Politics is ALWAYS a two person race!

Blame the media and the "It is a Two Party system!" crowd. Americans cannot grasp the concept of there being more than two choices in politics, it is a mental impossibility for most voters. "Third" anything just does not exist.

[WinkyDink]

6. He's my candidate; but his "worked in the mill" is past its shelf life and ready

for some SNL skit. He's lucky there's a writers' strike!

(Cf., "Kerry, John. 'I have a plan.'")

[Radical Activist]

7. Edwards is the only one who has been on a national ticket

and he's the underdog? Please.

[TwilightGardener]

8. Poor John, VP nominee in 2004--so obscure, no one knows who he is...

:eyes:

on edit--knocking other campaigns for successfully raising WAY more money (in Obama's case, through small donors) really isn't logical. I'm pretty sure HE'D like to be a "$100 million campaign".

[onehandle]

9. kick. nt