We all read about John Edwards promoting the "McCain Doctrine" on the national stage, beyond the blogs, pegging escalation in Iraq to John McCain. Doing himself and the Democratic field a big favor for 2008. Particularly when if Iraq continues to go bad.
http://www.tpmcafe.com/...
However, Edwards is also doing something else that helps future democrats and the Party too. Namely, he is using ActBlue for all his credit card and online donations. ActBlue allows every donor to leave a "tip" to ActBlue to continue to have such a simple and easy method of helping democratic candidates in the future and also allows individuals to set up their own fundraising pages. Of course Dr. Dean started this whole internet democratizing politics thingy, but Edwards is continuing to further it.
Check out the ActBlue Presidential fundraising page
http://www.actblue.com/
and consider kicking something in to your favorite candidate. While I'd encourage you to donate to Edwards, particularly through this page http://www.dailykos.com/...
all the candidates are there - Clark, Gore, Richardson, Vilsack, Obama and even Hillary. The great thing if those candidates do not run for 08 all the money goes to Dr. Dean and the DNC!
The other frame that Edwards has been using and has not broken through yet is whenever he is asked about "Taxes" on FauxNews and by pressbot talking heads, he always reframes his answer as yes he thinks we need to make more domestic INVESTMENTS. Trying to make taxes not necessarily a bad thing, but something we do to invest in our future.
Noron the PressBot
Anyhow, the democratic frontrunner has at least 10 million in the bank from her senate "campaign" (quick name her opponent) that will be converted into the presidential one. So all the other candidates need cash.. Because other candidates, who take on pharmaceuticals, and HMOs and such won't get this kind of help..
http://www.corpwatch.org/...
FYI - Edwards is for public financed elections.
so go here
http://www.actblue.com/
and see Dennis Kuccinich outraising HIllary - at least online.
For less than 4$ (including shipping and handling) you can get your bumpersticker UNION MADE in the USA with a union logo here:
http://officialedwardsstore.com/
Also check out a podcast from some big named Tech evangelist Robert Scoble from NH -
http://www.podtech.net/...
He has some frank discussion from some NH hampshire residents who happen to be microsoft tech geeks before and after the Edwards Town Hall.
Also, according to the WallStreet Journal Edwards is set to receive an endorsement from a pro-choice activist Kate Michelman
http://blogs.wsj.com/...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...
Who luckily was no longer the president of NARAL when they endorsed Joementum.. (maybe look for Naral to follow their endorsement of Joementum with Hillary?)