John Edwards New Blog !

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http://blog.oneamericacommittee.com/story/2006/2/18/92148/9541


Hello from Boston.
By John Edwards in Diaries
2/18/2006 at 9:21 EST
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Hello from Boston. We arrived Boston last night after a great day in Chicago. In case you were wondering, Chicago really lived up to its nickname - the wind was intense. And on top of that the high temperature was a freezing 17 degrees. I am definitely not used to weather like that.

First off, I want to welcome everyone to the new blog. Our online community - each and every one of you - is so important to us. We updated our blog because we wanted it to be as easy as possible for you to speak your mind and to let us know about the issues you care about. Please let us know what you think about the new blog and if there are any improvements you think we can make.

I also want to talk with you about what I've been up to this week - the Hotel Workers Rising tour. I have joined the leaders of UNITE-HERE as well as workers from around the country to make the case that the the huge, multi-national hotel chains have an extraordinary opportunity right now to strengthen our middle class. They can give the hard working men and women who work in their hotels a good wage with good benefits and stop paying most of their workers poverty wages.

Hotel workers who belong to unions have been able to save money, buy a house, pay for their kids' college educations and move into the middle class. Hotels are making record profits but they aren't giving their workers a raise - we need to demand better for our workers.

We have all seen and felt the effects of globalization and there is a lot of uncertainty about the economic impact of globalization. But there is one thing we know right now - service industry jobs are staying in this country, they can't be outsourced. We need to make these jobs the engine to strengthen our middle class and we can do it if the hotel chains are committed to doing the right thing for their workers.

I believe so strongly that this is one of the most important things we can be doing for the people who need our help the most. A good union job is one of the best ways to fight poverty and that's why I'm on this tour to speak out for these workers. So far we've been to San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Boston is our last stop. The response has been incredible. I hope you'll do what you can to help these workers too.

I'm really proud of what we're doing together. I'm signing off now but I want you to keep visiting the blog so we can always be in contact. Take care.

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[Jaundice James]

1. Thanks for posting this...

I'm a big fan of John Edwards. -JJ

[Catchawave]

4. I remember a lot of those bloggers

from his 2003-04 pres campaign, so it was like a family reunion :hi:

[newyawker99]

10. Hi Jaundice James!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[havocmom]

2. Thanks! bookmarked his blog

and :kick: for this thread

[snowbear]

3. I checked it out..

Pretty hopping place over there!

[Catchawave]

5. Thanks larissa !

I love your "band" :hi:

[AbsoluteArmorer]

6. Edwards is in the top 10 candidates for leading this country!

In my HONEST opinion, he is in the top 10. I am not sure if I want Edwards on the presidential ticket BUT I do want Edwards to be an important part of our future political/govt process even if it means he can become Senator again. Anyways, remember this my good new progressive friends. There are many positions in out govt that needs filled by good sincere honest policians that will serve us well for having them in those positions. Being president isn't the final answer to cleaning out DC and regaining our old Constitutional values back. We have 100s of positions to be changed out throughout this nation of ours in order to start reversing the BushConic DC ring of corruption. Support Edwards every way you can for any one of the several positions he may fullfill!!:kick:

[Catchawave]

7. Hi AbsoluteArmorer !

Welcome to DU :hi:

I totally agree with your comments, and hope we can start cleaning House (and Senate!) this November.

[AbsoluteArmorer]

8. Thanks for the welcome mat!

This is how much John Edwards is working for the ppl of America .... and still... the Dem party. He's a very powerful and useful driver for the party and the ppl.


http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2006/01/john_edwards_he.html

washingtonpost.com

Chris Cillizza's Politics Blog -- The Fix

washingtonpost.com's Politics Blog

John Edwards Helps Senate Dems

John Edwards is providing campaign support for his former U.S. Senate colleagues in an e-mail appeal sent by his One America leadership committee earlier today.

Unlike traditional requests for campaign cash, the Edwards e-mail is aimed at recruiting grassroots activists willing to help the party win back control of the Senate in 2006.

"It's hugely important that you become involved as soon as possible with the and its campaign to win back the Senate," writes Edwards. "Only a Democratic Senate can provide the moral leadership that we are so desperately lacking, put the brakes on the Bush agenda, and shine a bright investigative light on Republican abuses."

The e-mail serves a dual purpose for Edwards: It answers critics who allege he is more focused on his own 2008 ambitions then helping the party in 2006, and it furthers his move to the ideological left in the eyes of party activists.

Edwards was the focus of some backbiting by Democratic operatives -- primarily ones affiliated with other potential 2008 candidates -- over the summer when financial filings showed that One America had raised $625,000 and spent $566,000 in the first six months of 2005 without making a single donation to a Democratic candidate or party committee.

Allies of the former senator and 2004 vice presidential nominee point out that Edward attended or held fundraisers for a variety of Democratic senators last year, including a December event for Bill Nelson (Fla.), an August gathering for Maria Cantwell (Wash.) and a June fundraiser for Tom Carper (Del.) and Kent Conrad (N.D.). Cantwell, Nelson and Conrad are all up for reelection in 2006. Edwards raised a collective $4.5 million in 2005 for state parties and candidates as part of his "Raising the States" program, according to One America spokeswoman Kim Rubey.

Edwards will be in Ohio tomorrow to raise money for the state Democratic party's "Victory 2006" coordinated campaign. That fund will seek to help candidates up and down the ballot in Ohio -- a hub of the midterm elections with contested gubernatorial and Senate races as well as a handful of House Republicans expected to be targeted by national Democrats.

The strongly worded e-mail appeal also makes cements the idea that Edwards is positioning himself to run as the liberal alternative to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) in 2008.

"George W. Bush is the worst president in our lifetime," Edwards writes in the first line of the e-mail before listing a laundry list of alleged abuses -- from the administration's handling of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to the authorization of "illegal spying on Americans" to " record of mismanaging our courageous armed forces in Iraq."

Since the 2004 election, Edwards has been moving toward his party's left on a number of major issues. Last year he issued a mea culpa for his 2002 vote as a senator in favor of the use of force of resolution on Iraq. Edwards has also sought to highlight the impact of poverty on the country since leaving the Senate -- a bread-and-butter issue for the liberal left. In addition, Edwards recently came out against the confirmation of Samuel A. Alito Jr. to the Supreme Court, calling him a "grave threat to our fundamental liberties."

Edwards's moves come as Clinton continues to position herself in the ideological center and represent a tacit admission by the North Carolina pol that the best route to becoming the preferred "anti-Hillary" candidate in 2008 involves plenty of left turns.

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[JohnWxy]

9. Thanks for this info. I think Edwards is very impressive. IF America

is ready to stop listening to Republican policies of fear and hate and ready to start moving along a positive path....Edwards is the guy you want in the drivers seat. IF that's what America is ready to do!