Letters to the Editor
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You forget the very tail end of Edwards' speech... :(
Do not walk away from what's possible. Because it's time for all of us -- all of us -- together, to make the two Americas one."
And don't forget to vote for teh Hilldog.
-John "Mansion Dwelling Pseudo-Populist" Edwards
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I'll never get why the worst thing that a Democrat can be is rich, when that's the best thing that a Republican can be.
Does anybody really fall for that? Can anybody really be that stupid?
Edwards wasn't done in by poor campaigning, he was done in by the corporate media blackout that was dictated from the people who run this country because he was the best hope we had of fighting back against them.
And a poor man can't do that.
Success doesn't mean you're a failure, whether you're a Republican or a Democrat. Only being a fool or a moron or a jerk or broken inside or just simply evil dictates success or failure.
If you're pleased that a good man is out of the race for President, then who gives a damn what you think?
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ChrisSinnard, where's your evidence?
You call Edwards a "pseudo-populist," but based on what? The fact that he lives in a big house? Sorry, that's not enough to disqualify someone's populism.
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Thomas Jefferson...
was also a mansion-dwelling populist.
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Well there goes that election
We have have zero non insane candidates that actually said something of use about domestic issues. Now whether it's Obama or Hillary the election will be about who's official minorityhood is better qualified to give them the election by default.
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The Right Message
Edwards has a solid progressive message. While he is probably a better speaker in a courtroom setting than at a rally, the bigger problem for him was personality politics. The relentless emphasis on vapid details rather than policy and potential.
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There is a moment
There is a moment in any election cycle when you realize that regardless of the outcome, you made the right choice in the candidate you supported. While John Edwards' campaign is officially over, his message, his platform, his issues -- they have all become that of the Democratic Party for 2008. John Edwards is the conscience of our Party this year. He has set the agenda. Throughout 2007 and the few days of 2008, John Edwards reminded us that the poor have a voice that has been forgotten for too long...that working Americans are falling behind not because of their own failures but because of failures of our leaders...and, perhaps most of all, that it is time for Americans to be patriotic about something other than war.
His classy departure from the race still reminds us that we can and must demand from our leaders a focus on lifting up this great country...on restoring our moral leadership...on creating One America that cares for and fights for all.
Good luck, Senator Edwards. I hope you will stay in America's fight to be great again. This country needs you.
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@ Chris Sinnard
GFY.
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Sad indeed
If accurate, the Edwards campaign is suspended but he has not withdrawn. He keeps his current delegates and can continue to accumulate them, although unlikely he'll get much more.
I already put my vote in for him by absentee ballot two weeks before the CA primary. My 2004 choice, Dean, also pulled out just before the CA primary and after I submitted my absentee ballot.
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Dammit! This is the guy whose ass I really, really wanted the Republicans to kick.
By the way, since we won't be hearing from Edwards until he begins his 2012 campaign, what WERE the "causes" he has been "fighting" for? How long have they been "his" causes?
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I am in tears.
This is so sad. I knew it was a possibility that he would pull out but I didn't think it would affect me so strongly. It is hard for me to feel hope for poor and working class people without him in the race. I truly hope that the concessions he says he got from the two other candidates can be binding ones in some way.
Damn. I may just write him in.
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Way to Go, John
I'm happy John Edwards went out when he did and the way he did. He made his points, and bowed out before his candidacy could be viewed as an obstacle to somebody and an exercise in self-centered futility. It was a graceful and well-timed exit.
Though I wouldn't be at all surprised to see Edwards as somebody'd AG, I would love to see him follow up on his pledge to make poverty history from outside of government. Al Gore has demonstrated that it's often easier to make a big impact from the outside than in. I doubt we've seen the last of John and Elizabeth. Wade would be proud.
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What kcusa said....
John Edwards is indeed a class act, as is his wonderful wife Elizabeth. The best to them both.
Ironic how heavily his withdrawal is being covered by the corporate media, when they refused to cover his campaign, but then I guess they're celebrating.
If we actually manage to elect Obama or Clinton, I hope he/she will call on John Edwards to serve.
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JE not enough of a "star" to win
Yeah, heard this before, right?
Because we're such star f*ckers in this land of lobotomized mall drones and tabloid idiots --across all levels of edcuation and class -- we'll get the a-hole president we deserve. Biden, Dodd and Kucinich, now Edwards: all "right", but all lost.
People say JE was too wimpy, slight, or vanilla for Media Stardom. His story wasn't sexy enough. NEVER MIND that he _consistently_ led the pack on trying to redefine the democratic policy agenda back to pre-DLC days, when the Dems stood for the working and middle class. Maybe I'm wrong to think JE wasn't just talking sweetly in order to get votes, but there was a ring of genuine concern to his campaign -- relatively, inasmuch as all policitians are raging narcissists.
Obama is a dreamer, and Hillary is a cynical, DLC, sell my grandma to win Washington insider. Expect Bush II from her, perhaps worse. I prefer Obama at this point -- but it will be crucial for him to solidify his rhetoric and stances at this point. In times of crisis, people go with the familiar: in this case, HRC.
If JE endorses Hillary, Obama is toast. He still might be toast, given the white vote is now consolidated behind HRC.
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I blame the media.
I really do. And Salon shares some of that blame. This whole past year has been a relentless focus upon celebrity, star status, and a studied dismissal of candidates who were not the frontrunners. The media is picking our president for us.
And yes, they will turn on Obama. Just you wait. The dogs will be at his heels the closer we get to November.