Edwards: Breakfast, lunch, dinner and midnight snack

[DemDogs]

Great piece by Alan Wade (who has met Edwards) on the American Prospect site. Good read and thoughtful take on why Edwards has the soul we need.
"Is a lawyer like John Edwards the Democrat best able to argue for -- and win on -- issues of equality? Absolutely."
<http://www.prospect.org/webfeatures/2004/02/wade-a-02-09.html>

. . . when Edwards speaks of "two Americas" -- the one for whom there are no economic problems and the other for whom there are almost nothing but -- and when he talks, as he has often lately, about the 35 million poor Americans who mostly don't vote and whom politicians are therefore free to forget, I don't hear the voice of (William Jennings) Bryan so much as I hear the voice of Edwards' son Wade.

. . . I hear this voice every time I hear Edwards tell the two Americas, every time he talks about the forgotten poor. And I heard it in a commencement speech he gave at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke last May. The speech was an exhortation to fight racial intolerance: "You -- and we -- have an obligation to make this community, our state, our great nation, and even this world more embracing. You -- and we -- have an obligation to stand against the forces of intolerance that deny opportunity to others. … Where there is hatred, there is your battleground. Where there is injustice, there is your battleground. Where there is misery, there is your battleground."

. . . So the most important questions I ask about the candidates are: Who really believes, down to his bones, in the stuff Democrats are supposed to believe in? And who will fight like a badger to advance these beliefs? The answer I keep coming up with is John Edwards.

. . . Mainly, though, I'm for Edwards because I think he is his son's father. I think his desire to make this a fairer nation is as deep a passion as I have seen in a public official since I can remember.

[citizen snips]

1. Great post DemDogs.

Us Edwards supporters need to hang together.

[chimpymustgo]

2. Thank you for a lovely post.

I love your closing points:

So the most important questions I ask about the candidates are: Who really believes, down to his bones, in the stuff Democrats are supposed to believe in? And who will fight like a badger to advance these beliefs? The answer I keep coming up with is John Edwards.
. . . Mainly, though, I'm for Edwards because I think he is his son's father. I think his desire to make this a fairer nation is as deep a passion as I have seen in a public official since I can remember.

[cheezus]

3. and Dennis

So the most important questions I ask about the candidates are: Who really believes, down to his bones, in the stuff Democrats are supposed to believe in? And who will fight like a badger to advance these beliefs?

John Edwards and Dennis Kucinich

[SharonAnn]

4. Awesome article. Thank you. I saw him yesterday in Nashville

and have to say that his speech inspired me more than anything I can remember since JFK. It made ones's toes tingle, heart beat strong, back straighten, and made us all believe we can do this!

I'd follow him just about anywhere and in a fight, I'd sure want him on my side.

[bhunt70]

5. Hey I went to Pembroke.!

[ngGale]

6. The passion and beliefs of John Edwards come from...

his heart and his soul. I keep telling people that he is 'for real' and when you see and hear him you believe and have hope. He has the fight to be president and he has the fight to win in office. The fight would be for we Americans, not special interests. He would really fight for us, personally. John Edwards is a rare man among men.

[leyton]

7. Can we nominate him?

Please?

I think trading the experience of other candidates for Edwards' optimism, his ability to connect to voters across the spectrum, his personality is a bargain.

[katieforeman]

8. Great Post!

Let's everyone in Virginia and Tennesee work our hearts out for Edwards tomorrow.

We need to stop this Kerry bandwagon from driving the Democrats off a cliff in November.

[DjTj]

9. Wonderful post.

This is why I truly believe in John Edwards. He actually believes the things that he says deep down. There is a clear-cut fundamental philosophy behind his platform, and it is not often that a politician comes around like that.

We must elect this man.