Posted on 12/14/2007 6:29:13 PM PST by george76
At a key moment during a labor-sponsored debate in August, John Edwards laid down a marker against Hillary Rodham Clinton.
"The one thing you can count on is you will never see a picture of me on the front of Fortune magazine saying I am the candidate that big, corporate America is betting on," he said, an unmistakable reference to a cover story about Clinton with the headline "Business Loves Hillary! (Who Knew?)"
On his current bus tour of Iowa, with the caucuses only three weeks away, Edwards rarely mentions his rivals. His campaign believes he hardly needs to because he spent months branding them - Clinton as the corporate Democrat, Barack Obama as the callow compromiser who would negotiate with special interests.
On the campaign trail, his antagonists now are the corporations and special interests themselves. The Clinton and Obama references are merely implied, hidden in a populist message he calls "America Rising." For the former trial lawyer...
"The reason we don't have universal health care is the insurance companies, drug companies and their lobbyists in Washington," he said in Grinnell, Iowa, this week, repeating a line in his standard speech.
The unspoken message: Clinton tried to overhaul health care as first lady and failed; Clinton accepts political contributions from lobbyists.
Steve Murphy, a media consultant who advised Dick Gephardt's presidential bid in 2004 and now works for Democrat Bill Richardson's campaign, said polls show Edwards has some of the highest favorable ratings among Iowans. But he said his image suffers if the contest looks like a two-way race.
He said Edwards would benefit from a smaller caucus turnout, which would indicate participation by seasoned caucus-goers who favor Edwards.
"When you get a bigger universe," he predicted, "you get a big Obama win."
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Just like a girl.
Those pesky voters don't even count
Looking for a VP slot?
There is no way, in even the greatest fantasy cartoon, that this clown would be nominated and he knows it. His aim is to become VP and hope the President dies in office.
Unfortunately, for him, he would be a liability to anyone nominated for the Presidency … all that Kerry baggage etc.
Give it up John.
He has pretty hair.
He could well have fallen into a pile of meadow muffins and come out smelling like a rose. He could well come away with the nomination, a la Carrie in 04. The Party will perceive both hildebeeste and hussein as unelectable and go with him as the only noble alternative. This could get really interesting.
I disagree on your assessment. Silky Pony is a real threat. He’s tried class warfare, he’s tried rabid attack dog and now he’s trying middle class victimization.
He can ride the tide of that demagoguery far. And he’s planning on it.
He does have nice hair.
Thanks.
Edwards is such a chicken : saying bad stuff indirectly.
Snicker...
Edwards is playing the weasel.
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