Yes, folks, I am STILL supporting John Edwards. If he doesn’t quit, neither will I.
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The Massachusetts Political Establishment may be waging a suffogacy battle between Hilary and Obama.
The Media may be ignoring John Edwards. But the ideas John is talking about are NOT going away.
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I admire your positive steadfastness for your candidate. There is a lot to admire about him, and I wish his voice were still in the Senate.
Once again, I admire your breadth, well written posts and research. I did not follow the 2006 Canadian convention, at all. I think the analogy is very interesting. I also follow Quraltai on the Shore and will be reading installment III, you CAN be sure.
Still.
’til it’s over!”
… I am still in with Edwards, too. He’s still the only one really
talking about the corporate takeover of the country as well as poverty and
economics. He has set the high bar for the issues in the campaign and can continue to do so, even if he does not get the nomination. And besides, you never know what’s going to happen. Clinton & Obama may do each other in yet. Maybe I’m too cynical (I think of myself as a pessimistic optimist) but something is missing for me with Obama. He’s a fabulous speaker, but I’m not actually sure his postitions are truly progressive. We certainly don’t need another Democrat who will cave in on every important issue so as not to rock the boat.
The status quo doesn’t need my support. Change needs my support. That’s why I’m still in it for Edwards.
you mean a “surrogate battle”?
“I see 2 Americas”. John’s quote.
But one of the Americas don’t vote.
S C was the goal,
but there at the poll,
His swansong was the tune that they wrote.
…we need the true voice of change toi stay in the race. Go John Edwards.
This race could go all the way to the convention. Even if he doesn’t win the nomination, Edwards will use the delegates we elect to push the progressive agenda, as he has throughout this race. We need him to continue to remind the party of its roots–the grass roots! The party’s current leadership certainly doesn’t speak for me!
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Unless something unforeseen happens, I will still be voting for Edwards on the 5th of February. Obama is my second choice. He is great on inspirational speech-making but I still don’t see enough of the specifics in his personal platform. We need both in a president.
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p>Thanks for the poem!
John Edwards’ aggressive stance on fighting poverty and bringing fairness to policies on corporation management deserves our support. However, the best he can hope for is a brokered convention, where it would be a longshot for him to win, although he certainly could be influential with the platform. I was somewhat disappointed with his field organization when I travelled to NH to help out, and now wonder if that is what has happened in other states.
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p>But, that said, I have switched to supporting Barack Obama, as he is better positioned to carry democratic principles through to implementation. I was always impressed by his well-thought position on the Iraq invasion, and no matter how much we can excuse others for bad intelligence/misleading information, he nevertheless was one who perceived the risk and spoke out on it at the time. And now as I see the younger among us inspired by him, I realize it is too important not to dampen their enthusiasm, especially when policies are similar. Hopefully, John Edwards’ principles can be carried through even if he is not the leader.
I still think of it as a vote for the best candidate, not your best guess at who’ll win in the primary.
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p>My choice is Edwards. That’s who I’m voting for. I’ve found nothing in Obama or Hillary that would make me change that decision. If anything, I’ve been further driven away from both of them in the last several weeks.
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p>Obama’s message is empty to me. I can’t vote for inspiration, or change, over someone with a well-prepared agenda ready to go to bat for us. I can’t vote for “hope” over a real health care plan for the people who need it the most. I won’t vote for someone who supports the Peru FTA over a candidate who opposes the Peru FTA, and will fight for better pay and more jobs for Americans. I can’t vote for someone who says he opposed the war when it was not politically inconvenient for him to do so, then voted to support that same war when he was in a position to do something to help stop it.
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p>Why would I vote for someone like Hillary, who is bought and paid for by lobbyists and PACs. How will she (or Obama for that matter) hold up against the opposition when they can’t even handle friendly fire? If I want Republican-lite, then why not just vote Republican? But, hey, if Obama or Hillary get the democratic nomination, that might be what we end up with anyway since polls show Edwards as the most likely winner of any of the democrats over any of the republican candidates.
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p>I’m sticking with Edwards, for myself and to show my children, the younger generation, that your vote may be all you have against powerful people and corporations, and you must spend it wisely. This is for the presidency of our country, not the next American Idol.
I sticking with Edwards through the primary for a lot of reasons. But primarily, it’s because Edwards has a strong populist, progressive message that has largely been ignored by the press. Although both Clinton and Obama have hit some of the same notes Edwards has, they came late to the game and it seems to me that they are just going through the motions. Frankly, I have a hard time figuring out what their priorities are.
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p>I have gone up to NH to hear Edwards a few times and, although he gives speeches that are more down to earth than soaring, more scrappy than “morning in America,” he truly shines in the detail department. He has really thought things though. From a healthcare system that could realistically lead to single payer to how he would fund that system to a specific strategy to convince the politicians fighting against universal healthcare (sadly, on both sides of the aisle) that there will be a heavy price to pay if they vote for the interests of wealthy contributors over the interests of their constituents.
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p>I want Edwards to hang in there as long as possible. The primaries are where you vote for the guy/gal who you really want to win. Forget the guessing game about who will win. Vote for the one who articulates the message closest to what you are thinking. Whether it’s Barack, Hillary or John, stick with ’em.
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p>For me, it’s Edwards. I feel that if he is able to amass enough delegates, my voice will be heard at the Democratic Convention – that real change can only begin when our representatives listen less to big donors and special interest lobbyists in Washington and more to the people who actually elect them.
I’m in for Edwards, just as I was 4 years ago. I’m by nature a pessimist and very cynical about politics; for that reason I can’t see voting for the others just because some pundit says they’re electable or else my vote is thrown away. We don’t need a schemer or a triangulator or someone who kisses up or is kissed up to “compromise”. We need someone angry enough to want to matter in the right ways.
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p>Things are turning in a dark direction and this may be the last chance to make good change for a long time. I all but think it’s too late. I’ll be optimistic for seven days and let Edwards have me on the 5th.