Good first responses on blogs:
Jonathan Cohn
Christy Hardin Smith
Pam Spaulding
Melissa McEwan
David Sirota
Chris Bowers
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Just to add some more to yesterday's numbers and links on the Iowa caucuses, which just shows that if you get all your news from the MSM, especially the TV, you are not just woefully uninformed, but criminally misinformed. Take your time this weekend to read up on these:
Sara Robinson: 2008: A…
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I think that the whole brouhaha that the extreme wingers are raising about new Edwards bloggers will have a) no effect on Democratic primary voters a year from now, b) no effect on national voters two years from now, and c) negative effect on the wingnutosphere as…
As inevitable as it was, it was still sad to see it happen. His speaking out about poverty and his support of netroots should hopefully continue to positively influence the 2008 race. For those still interested in change, though, Obama seems like the obvious candidate to turn to now.
I noticed something interesting from that first link you posted (by Jonathan Cohn). He questions whether Edwards' populism was genuine or phony, or like most politicans, a combination of both.
I am reminded of a quote by Kurt Vonnegut: "we are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be."
Even if Edwards was just a fake politican, there are certainly worse things to pretend to be than a populist fighting for the common man.
He had a great message and I sure do feel bad for him. This is the second time he's attempted to run for president, and it must be terrible to have to drop out twice.
I just found this new article written by Lakoff about the election:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/george-lakoff/what-counts-as-an-issue_b_8…
Looks like he is throwing in with Obama.