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The Real Liberal: John Edwards is Third in the Polls, But Don’t Count Him Out

8/13/07, 7:32 pm EST

“Flying below the radar, the former vice-presidential candidate is pulling off a feat that Democratic consultants have long considered impossible: staking out the most progressive platform among the viable candidates while preserving an aura of electability.” Check out Tim Dickinson’s full analysis of John Edwards’ campaign from the current issue of Rolling Stone right here.


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Merkwurdigliebe | 8/13/2007, 11:36 pm EST

ugh, please, Edwards is riding the poverty train straight to nowhere…his awe-shucks southern shit kicker routine will work in iowa, the only state with more corn than people, but not elsewhere

he couldnt get re-eledted in North Carolina to save his life, and every time he opens his mouth, his loafered foot goes right in it–like when he says he gonna curtail special interests? i guess he means only the ones who dont contribute to his campaign

this multi millionaire poor son of a mill MANAGER is the democratic version of john mccain–yesterdays news and sinking fast

Wait a minute.... | 8/14/2007, 8:59 am EST

I find it ironic that Edwards runs a populist campaign on poverty while living in a $20 million dollar home in one of the poorest regions in the country and getting $400 haircuts. Does it mean you can’t be rich and concerned with poverty at the same time? Of course not. But it does speak of excess and incredibly poor judgement. This is our opportunity to vote for someone better than us. I’ve lived in Chapel Hill – $450,000 buys you a mansion.

And then, accepting big speaking fees from public universities for giving lectures on “poverty” – he’s just one of the most disingenuous candidates I have seen in years…. While he will say anything to position himself with the “left”, the reality is that he couldn’t even win re-election in his home state.

ray | 8/14/2007, 4:05 pm EST

i agree with Edwards on some issues. what i dont like is how his wife continues to attack Hillary and Obama, in order to gain ground he needs to make his own attacks and rebuttals.

C Co... aka I Smell Propaganda | 8/15/2007, 6:36 pm EST

“…staking out the most progressive platform among the viable candidates while preserving an aura of electability…”

All while managing to be the most condescending, hypocritical, fake douche of our political generation. He’s Al Gore on steroids.

Anonymous | 8/16/2007, 3:04 pm EST

Al Gore is great, Co Co. You wouldn’t be satisfied by any candidate, after all, so why not just admit it?

I will agree about John Edwards–he’s not electable on any planet in this solar system…with his wife constantly fighting battles for him, his ‘bumper sticker’ statement about the war on terror, and his blantant need to one-up other Dems with an ‘any liberal thing you can do, I can do better’ stances.

Kucinich, while totally unelectable, is at least believable and credible when speaking about his platform.

Anonymous | 8/16/2007, 3:04 pm EST

Al Gore is great, Co Co. You wouldn’t be satisfied by any candidate, after all, so why not just admit it?

I will agree about John Edwards–he’s not electable on any planet in this solar system…with his wife constantly fighting battles for him, his ‘bumper sticker’ statement about the war on terror, and his blantant need to one-up other Dems with an ‘any liberal thing you can do, I can do better’ stances.

Kucinich, while totally unelectable, is at least believable and credible when speaking about his platform.

DELTA WILD MAN | 8/16/2007, 4:27 pm EST

KUCINICH,,,
NOW THERE’S A PERSON WHO NEEDS A $1200.00 HAIR CUT, MAYBE IT WOULD CHANGE THAT ” DUH ” LOOK THAT HE ALWAYS SEEMS TO HAVE ON HIS FACE..
THAT ” HITLER ” HAIR CUT HE’S GOT NOW, JUST AIN’T GETTING THE JOB DONE..

WITH REGARDS TO THE ” POVERTY TRAIN”, EDWARDS WOULD HAVE MORE OF A CHANCE ON ” SOUL TRAIN “, By the way, when do you think that BETV will bring back that old ” SOUL TRAIN “??

Anonymous | 8/16/2007, 5:43 pm EST

delta–are you ‘wild’ because you have a problem with the caps lock? cos that’s just caaraaazy.

ray | 8/19/2007, 9:00 pm EST

John Edwards did better at todays debate than any other this year, but still not better enough to win. Obama 08

b dog | 9/26/2007, 2:30 pm EST

this article sux

b dog | 9/26/2007, 2:30 pm EST

this article sux

Let Them Eat Cake | 10/4/2007, 12:42 am EST

Update! Edwards has made his own attacks and quite Well.

Looks like the Repubes are intent on bagging on anything that doesn’t put Hillary in Demo primary “Winner’s” seat.

Edwards goes after the union-busters, corporate control, campaign fiance and, The Bush Oil Never-Ending money source “War”…

Lots of flack from Neo-Cons(insurance and pharms don’t want him ’cause he would actually cut the cords).

Looks like McCain’s on the bus, again-given up on Straight Talk and now on the “Shine-It-On Mobile” and ready for the Bush Apologetics Choir. “War is Good”-”Iran is Next and I’m so Jazzed” and “No country can be ruled out when it comes to inventing “war” against it”…La, La, La(Rudy will join me, and Freddy & Mitt, too)La, La, La!

Beware if the censor-had two good ones axed…Rove, moonlighting for RS?

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