Tuesday 9 January 2007

Edwards the Beautiful



I'm not a big fan of John Edwards. He was trounced in the 2004 VP debate, while managing to quite shockingly use the opponents personal family life to try(and fail) to score political points (remember the reference to Cheney's daughter). He could not hold his home state.

Still, however, he has spent the last two plus years preparing for the presidential election. His "two Americas" narrative about the gap between the rich and poor in the country is interesting and politically potent. We saw this strategy work well in both Ohio and Pennsylvania in this last election. He also understands how to mix it up with the most powerful Republican candidate in the field. His terming of the Iraq surge as the ""McCain doctrine" is politically astute.

A good article about Edwards

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