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Home Front: Politix
Comeback kid Edwards takes fight to Hillary
2006-12-24
The former vice-presidential nominee John Edwards is planning to announce on Thursday in hurricane-hit New Orleans that he is running for president in 2008. His choice of location reflects his desire to campaign on a strong anti-poverty ticket and capture the votes of the left in his battle against Senator Hillary Clinton, the Democratic frontrunner.
Um, does she know about this battle thingy? I doubt it. *squish*
Edwards has spent a year courting activists in key primary states such as Iowa and Nevada in the hope they will deliver him the support to rival ClintonÂ’s political machine.

Still boyish at 53, Edwards was widely considered to be the chief “stop Hillary” candidate until Barack Obama, the senator for Illinois, declared his interest. The inexperienced Obama has the same asset as Edwards — lashings of charm — with the advantage of novelty.

Edwards, the partyÂ’s 2004 vice-presidential nominee, is choosing Christmas to launch his campaign in the hope of pre-empting announcements by Clinton and Obama in the new year. The former North Carolina senator is expected to make his candidacy announcement in the flood-damaged Lower Ninth ward in New Orleans before heading to Iowa. He will then take his campaign to New Hampshire and Nevada.
How absurd dramatic.
Edwards has practically been “living” in Iowa, according to local Democrats. He had been leading the polls for months, prompting Hillary-watchers to wonder whether she is electable in America’s heartlands. However, a surprise poll last week by KCCI, a local news station, showed Obama neck and neck with Edwards on 22% with Clinton on 10%.

Obama’s likely entrance in the race has upset Edwards’s anti-Hillary strategy. Dick Morris, Bill Clinton’s former adviser, argued last week that Obama’s rise may be “just the gift” Clinton needs to assure her of the 2008 nomination because he was “strong enough to keep anybody else from gaining serious traction” without being able to win.

However, the primary calendar is suited to Edwards, who hopes to puncture the New York senator’s chances by winning Iowa, Nevada, South Carolina, where he was born, and New Hampshire — the first four states to vote — before she can notch up any states. Bill Galston, a Democrat who served in Bill Clinton’s White House, said: “If Hillary manages to thread her massive organisation through this eye of the needle, she deserves to win.”
Yawn.
Edwards has impressed Democrat activists by recanting his support for the Iraq war and is currently drawing up a plan for universal healthcare.

“Edwards has had the guts to say his vote for the war was a mistake. Democrats are hungry for that kind of truth,” said Al Sturgeon, a former Democratic county chairman in Iowa.
Yah shure. Thrilling stuff.
*splat*
"Ewww, look at the windshield, Hill. Yechhhh!"
"Don't be so squeamish, Bill, ya big hick pussy."
"Wot wuz it? It's too squished up to tell."
"Aw, just another little distraction. I'm on my way, Bill. Nothing can stop me now. Sit up straight."
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#8  #3 DMFD "I for one, welcome our new Trial Lawyer overlords ..."

Whaddaya mean new?

Who do you think is in charge now? ;-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2006-12-24 19:15  

#7  I'd take a pro bono case if it paid enough...jeez
Posted by: John Edwards, Esq.   2006-12-24 19:07  

#6  I read the other day that Edwards has never taken a pro bono case. Not once. That precious concern for the poor is freshly minted.
Posted by: Grunter   2006-12-24 18:57  

#5  Since the Kerry/Edwards ticket failed last time, maybe Edwards/Kerry is the anwer.
Posted by: SteveS   2006-12-24 14:42  

#4  Â“Edwards has had the guts to say his vote for the war was a mistake. Democrats are hungry for that kind of truth.”

This guy nails it. For the Progressive movement it is the “exhibition of regret” that is seen as the virtue. The essence of this thought process has nothing to do with reformation, repentance, or even remorse. Edwards and his ilk are shrewdly soliciting forgiveness based on the mere “appearance” of regret. And in turn, without any heavy lifting, his admission is seen as strength to that particular audience. This pernicious ploy has been time tested, as evidenced by speeches from Bill Clinton’s “I failed” (to get Bin Laden) or Richard Clarks’ “We let the American People Down”. It is the same paradigm that motivates the Bush-bashing press to continually ask him to publically list the mistakes he has made. With his refusal to dance on their terms he therefore can be portrayed as billigerent or in denial. In short...an appearance of weakness. To the Progressives, appearance is all that is required as an indication of character. To that end, they believe that if America was to simply admit to its anguish over past misdeeds somehow our enemies would forgive us.
Posted by: DepotGuy   2006-12-24 12:18  

#3  I for one, welcome our new Trial Lawyer overlords ...
Posted by: DMFD   2006-12-24 11:43  

#2  I still think Hillary is going to be forced so far left by Obama that the Breck boy inheirits the centrists position. I like his dark horse chances. I figure he's got a 20% chance of winning the nomination.
Posted by: Shipman   2006-12-24 07:54  

#1  Might be an interesting if aggravating distraction for a little while. Two super rich lawyers without a scruple between them telling bald faced lies as the 5th column MSM goes into constant orgasm mode over one or the other.
My money is on the lying twat beating the lying twit like a red headed step child.
Posted by: JerseyMike   2006-12-24 04:09  

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