Robert Kennedy 1968...Meet John Edwards 2008

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Tuesday July 17, 2007 · 5:54 PM PDT

2007/07/17 · 17:54

Most Americans know the truth, but they are not particularly eager to reflect upon it. There are far too many Americans living in poverty. Far too many Americans are without hope, healthcare, or a home they can call their own. Most Americans living in poverty are children, and for those children, the odds are not good.

Yesterday, John Edwards began a national effort, a national effort asking America to turn its attention away from business as usual for a week, and focus, instead, upon ending the destitution and poverty that imprisons millions of Americans.

As part of the national effort, John Edwards will retrace, in part, the historic "poverty tour" that Robert Kennedy made through eastern Kentucky in February of 1968, when he was running for President. That tour, begun as a modest idea to focus attention on poverty in America, became an historic, national media event that echoes to this very day in our national politics.

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Friday June 29, 2007 · 2:05 PM PDT

2007/06/29 · 14:05

If you missed the latest presidential debate from Washington DC, you should go back and take a look at it right now. IMHO, it was the best one so far. You can see it here.

A poll conducted by the sponsors of the debate confirmed my reading: of the big three, John Edwards did the best by far. With the strongest performance, Edwards more than doubled his support. Here are the results of that poll:

John Edwards: Pre-Debate Support From Audience: 11%, Post-Debate Support From Audience: 24%

Barack Obama: Pre-Debate Support From Audience: 64%, Post-Debate Support From Audience: 46%

Hillary Clinton: Pre-Debate Support From Audience: 19%, Post-Debate Support From Audience: 12%

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Who Do You Think Won the DC Debate?

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Who Do You Think Won the DC Debate?

Dodd

5 votes

Edwards

119 votes

Biden

0 votes

Obama

32 votes

Gravel

6 votes

Clinton

17 votes

Kucinich

19 votes

Richardson

2 votes

Edwards, Obama and Rocking the Money Meme

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Friday March 30, 2007 · 12:01 PM PDT

2007/03/30 · 12:01

(Posted earlier, in part, at MyDD)

Just about everybody is aware of the money meme in the race for the Democratic nomination. According to this meme, the candidate who raises the most money from the wealthiest 1% of the country, through million dollar fundraisers, has the most “momentum” in the race. This "momentous" candidate is then showered with celebratory headlines throughout the country. And every single subsequent story in the mainstream media about the race, thereafter, refers to that candidate’s momentous, top-grossing status, their mind numbing, resistance defeating, nebulous “number oneness.”

Yep, that old money meme seems pretty well entrenched. And, with the so-called first quarter fundraising deadline less than 48 hours away (Midnight on March 31), that old money meme is just itching to rise up again, like the mummy, to haunt the hallways of our democracy. But, what if we...we in the netroots...decided to rock the money meme, to unwrap the mummy? How, you might ask…how?

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Saturday March 10, 2007 · 12:08 PM PST

2007/03/10 · 12:08

(Posted earlier, in part, at MyDD.com)

Every so often something happens in a presidential campaign that so dramatically changes the remaining days of the campaign, that it can rightly be called a turning point. Just such a turning point occurred two weeks ago in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Yet, few in the mainstream media even noticed the turning point. Nevertheless, it happened, and it will have profound implications for the remaining days of this race.

The turning point occurred at the very first candidates' event, held on February 21, 2007, in Carson City, Nevada. You might recall that this forum had a somewhat novel format: one by one, the presidential candidates were asked to enter the stage, give a short, two minute speech, sit down for three questions, then conclude their appearance with a short, one minute speech.

The first candidate to appear was Dodd. He was then followed by the present frontrunner, Hillary Clinton, and here is where the turning point occurred. Let's go to the tape, in this case, the C-Span recording of the Nevada forum, which can be viewed here.

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Friday January 26, 2007 · 1:58 PM PST

2007/01/26 · 13:58

I think we can all safely assume that the Hillary Clinton's campaign is going to have more money than God to play around with. The richest 1% of America continues to gleefully contribute to her campaign. Even Rupert Murdoch, the billionaire owner of Fox News, the anti-Democrat, the biggest purveyor of lies and disinformation on the planet, the man who actually kills the Democratic Party for sport 24 hours a day, seven days a week, has held a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton. Rupert Murdoch loves Hillary Clinton, and she loves him. Why?

One of the things that the plutocrats' money is going to buy is...drum roll please...lots of paid bloggers for Hillary Clinton. The arrival of perhaps a hundred paid Hillary Clinton bloggers into the blogosphere, I think, raises some interesting questions. In particular, I think the blogosphere, should discuss, and discuss regularly, the issue of paid bloggers. As I see it, two very basic questions are at the top of the list for discussion:

Is there anything wrong with paid bloggers?

Should bloggers be asked to reveal whether they are being paid by a campaign?

I want to weigh in on both of these questions.

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