Edwards pledges to walk the picket line with union workers in Nevada

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PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL: Edwards all ears in LV

Union workers vent to willing ally at gathering

By MOLLY BALL
REVIEW-JOURNAL

==Meeting with a small group of Culinary union workers on Thursday, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards got up and spoke for less than two minutes, saying he was mainly there to listen.==

==If those people were able to organize and form strong unions, he said, "it would make a huge difference in their lives."==

==Taking questions and comments from the assembled workers, Edwards offered words of encouragement and support, but didn't use them as occasions to grandstand or give lectures about his positions. He nodded and asked questions as the workers told him about their frustrations with MGM Mirage, the major company with which they are still trying to negotiate a new contract.

After one worker complained that MGM's refusal to reach a settlement was unfair, the former North Carolina senator, clad in jeans and a blue shirt, murmured understandingly, "Everybody can do well. Everybody can do well."==

==Edwards' support for unions is that uncomplicated: He is for what they are for and against what they are against, no explanation necessary. He has walked picket lines before and pledged to do so again should the Culinary talks come to that.==

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1. I'm So Glad He's Running

I can't believe there are people who don't believe he really cares. For a Presidential candidate to walk a picket line is a very risky proposition - it appeals to Unions, but is a turn off for a lot of other people.

And again, he's not staging a big press conference or rally, it's not a big fundraiser.

on a shallow note, he's very sexy in jeans and a button up shirt opened at the collar. In a suit, he looks like a politician. Looking like a working guy - tremendous appeal.

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2. I agree. He is genuinely concerned about these issues nt