As of today, I am in full support of John Edwards...

[WCGreen]

He is, to put it bluntly, the Man with a plan...

HRC and Obama are talking in generalities and dreams and hopes and wishes...

And don't direct me to their web stuff, I am going by what the American people are hearing and reading off line...

We need hands on leadership that is willing to, I know I sound a bit like Fred Thompson here, lift up the hood and see what it is that is really going on under there...

Beside, Edwards is a true man of the people...

The guy comes from nowhere and worked himself to somewhere and that my friends is the American Success story in a nutshell...

Clinton was the last president to work his way up through life with little or no help from anywhere...

But he was too DLC, too triangulation bullshit when he got to where he was going...

Edwards doesn't strike me as one of those kind of guys who is going to hang out with the cool kids when he gets there...

So, I'm officially in Edwards camp...

I am sending him money when I can and will offer to work on his campaign here in Ohio...

The rest of the candidates are stellar and under other circumstances I would be delighted to vote for most of them...

But right now we need one of us in there and Edwards is that guy...

There, I've had my piece...

Oh and one more thing, I'm not going to try and convince anyone on here who to vote for...

That's not my job...

It's the people out their I am going to try and convince...

Everyone on DU has their candidates for their own personal reasons...

Maybe if people really just told us why it is they are supporting their candidate and left it at that there would be far less acrimony on DU...

Well, that's my two cents...

[jsamuel]

1. Welcome aboard!

[liberal N proud]

2. Welcome aboard

I have felt he was the right person for the job for quite some time.

I also believe the reason the talking heads and pundits are all attacking him is because they know he is truly the one for the American PEOPLE.

[WCGreen]

3. That could very well be...

He might actually raise the talking heads taxes...

Heaven forbid...

[trashcanistanista]

4. He got me with his stance

on poverty and his efforts to bring this issue to the forefront. I sent a small donation last week.

[pioneer111]

26. Yeah trashcanistanista!!!!

Every little bit from regular people like you and me keeps the clean campaign going. :woohoo:

[texastoast]

5. Send money to him

to keep that bus rolling! Welcome!

:toast:

[jgraz]

6. No please, go to their websites

You'll be an even stronger Edwards supporter once you do. I actually read through all of Hillary's site and, even with my low expectations, I was shocked at the lack of concrete information she has on there.

[WCGreen]

7. I have gone through the web sites....

To tell you the truth, it was David Brooks column in the NYT today that nudged me to full support...

I have been very impressed with his desire to take on the issues that are important to regular people...

Look, the guy is rich, his family will never want...

He doesn't need any post presidential help...

He will serve and then retire...

[Viva_La_Revolution]

36. Got a link to that Brooks column?

pretty please.

[Catchawave]

8. K & R for promoting positive candidate discussions !

:toast:

[huskerlaw]

9. Welcome!

:hi:

[MethuenProgressive]

10. "I am going by what the American people are hearing and reading off line"???

Perhaps you might want to share this stuff "the American people" are seeing that has convinced you 85% of those polled are wrong about Edwards?

[WCGreen]

14. I made my decision based on what was available in the MSM...

I didn't say that convinced me...

I've been to all the Web Sites and I just felt that I needed to put my self in a non political junkie place and look over what was being printed about the campaigns in my hometown paper and what was on the news stations...

But to be honest, it was David Brooks column in the NYT today that convinced me that Edwards is the man with a plan...

[Mythsaje]

11. Wonderful!

I did the website crawl yesterday and pretty much had the same response. Kucinich is closer to where I am, politically, but I see Edwards as the guy who can turn Republican voters the way no one else could, should he get the nod.

[here_is_to_hope]

13. Thanks for that thought....

"....as the guy who can turn Republican voters the way no one else could,"
Thats something that had not occurred to me.:think: :loveya:

I am leaning Edwards though I am closer in mind to my man K.
Time to change my sig I guess.

[Mythsaje]

23. Well, as I see it, people who are really struggling right now

people who are beginning to get a taste of the true economic situation, aren't going to be thinking so much of gay marriage and the other wedge issues--they're going to be thinking about how to feed their families and take care of everything else. I think we're approaching a tipping point when everyday life is going to trump the classic abstract Republican issues that don't have a damn thing to do with how hard it is to get by these days.

Edwards can and does speak directly to how the rich and connected are screwing the rest of us and it's getting to the point where the people on the bottom are going to start listening, and thinking about it.

The people on top have been getting a free ride for too long and it's time the rest of us put a stop to it.

[Forkboy]

12. I think he's an interesting mix of populist and centrist,with a dash of leftist thrown in.

I know there are people who will disagree,but I think he's the closest my own left views will get to the White House.In many regards him and DK are a million miles apart,but that's a million miles closer than Obama or Hillary seem to be,and I think Edwards would win easily in the GE.There are things about him I don't like at all,but he has the best chance in my eyes of not only winning,but more importantly,doing something afterwards that might be actual change,and not just rearranging the deck chairs.

In other words,I see him as the best middle ground for the left and centrist Dems to meet and win.

[WCGreen]

15. Cool...

I like your explaination...

[Mythsaje]

21. I think so too...

DK holds views closer to my own, especially w/regards to universal education and the War On (some) Drugs, but I think Edwards could bring over a lot of Republican voters with his populist economic message and I think he'd really work for change. Hillary doesn't see the need for real change, Obama thinks he can negotiate with criminals, and no one else has a chance.

[More Than A Feeling]

31. Also, his version of "compromise" is to make Republicans compromise

after he's kicked their asses politically, and that's the kind of compromise I like!

[Tigermoose]

37. I agree with your assessment.

nt

[Mme. Defarge]

16. Well,

I would love to work on the Edwards campaign, but a couple of months ago I sort of had a meltdown and re-registered as an Independent. After working to elect Gore, and then Kerry, and getting disenfranchised by the States of Florida and Ohio -- to a great extent because the Democratic party refused to support their winning candidates, I decided to stop being a "useful idiot" for the Democrats. Things have only gotten worse since I threw in the towel; unbelievably, the Democratically controlled congress has deferred election reform until 2012!!! Not to mention captiulating on the FISA bill to a lame duck president with a 26% approval rating. I could go on.

Unfortunately, I like Edwards for all of the reasons I fear a corporate-controlled Democratic party won't support him. In 2004 I attended a John Kerry rally with 50,000 people (while Bush appeared at an invitation-only event at a local suburban high school). I'll never forget Kerry saying that "everything is at stake in this election," and "I've got your back." And the outcome in 2007 is that, yes, everything was at stake in that election, but, no, he didn't have anyone's back.

Of course, I can always change my registration again. I do love campaigning. I'm just profoundly disappointed. I believe that 74% of the American people want to see this congress do more that hold hearings that expose how bad the other side is -- they want congress to really stand up to the criminals who are currently occupying the Executive Branch. They want a congress that will protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. And while they want a party that plays by the rules, they also want a party that plays to win. I guess I would like for John Edwards to explain why he still has confidence in the Democratic party, and if he truly believes its leaders will go to bat for him if he wins the nomination.

[Colobo]

17. As of today, I'm in full support of Barack Obama. He is, to put it bluntly

the Man with a plan.

[Mythsaje]

18. No, he's the man

who won't check the opponents for knives before he sits down at the table with them.

He doesn't understand the stakes of the fight and doesn't seem to realize that the Repugs aren't going to play nice, no matter WHAT they say right now. They want to destroy everything we stand for and they'll blind-side him in a second. You can't play "bi-partisan" with people who want to destroy you. You just can't.

[The Backlash Cometh]

24. I wouldn't mind seeing an Edwards/Obama ticket.

[Mythsaje]

34. I could live with that...

Give him a little seasoning in the V.P. slot and he could be the next President.

My issue with him is the fact that he seems generally unconcerned about how far the Repugs will go to further their agenda.

[The Backlash Cometh]

35. That does seem like a weak point. Republicans don't negotiate.

You have to look very hard to find one that is willing to do the correct thing, rather than the easy thing. They see kindness and civility as a weakness.

And with an Edwards/Obama ticket I can see the Democrats holding onto the White House for 16 years!

[Dawgs]

39. I'd rather have Gore/Obama or Obama/someone else.

Edwards is too weak for me.

[pioneer111]

27. What plan? He keeps copying Edwards.

I like Obama but I think he needs some time to get clear on priorities. Edwards 2008 Obama 2016

On Edwards bus it says "Fighting for One America" not "Compromising for One America." Edwards is the man.

[That Is Quite Enough]

19. Awesome. Another one joins the ranks! n/t

[Yael]

20. Welcome to the team, neighbor!

I am giving JE my full support because I believe his healthcare plan is the best. Not that I wouldn't like to se HR676, but Edwards plan on how to GET there has my attention.

[The Backlash Cometh]

22. I sense a feeling of urgency from Edwards which reflects appropriately

for the numerous crisis we are facing.

[trayted]

25. Great. He needs some more donations by Sunday night.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

28. K&R nt

[illinoisprogressive]

29. I am glad you have decided to be behind Edwards. He my #2 pick

[More Than A Feeling]

30. Welcome aboard!

I declared for Edwards awhile back, after seeing him in person when he came through Iowa City. I heard my words coming out of his mouth, and that's how I knew he was the one for me.

[jsamuel]

You too?

Yeah, I heard my words coming out of his mouth too.

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[snowbear]

33. You always did have good taste WC ...

...

[Dawgs]

38. I'm amazed that you claim to be informed, and yet are still so wrong.

[Vidar]

40. Kucinich is my choice, but I would vote for Edward, who still

has his integrity intact, unlike Hillary & Obama, shadow puppets for corporate America.

[WCGreen]

41. Kucinich is my Congressman...

And a Friend of mine as well...

I love what he is doing, raising issues and what not, but I just don't feel he is electable...

[Vidar]

42. Probably not. Speaking up against our plutocracy has its price.

[WCGreen]

43. It got him defeated back in 1979 when he was Mayor of Cleveland