A couple of paragraphs in Maureen Dowd's column "Reign or Deign" leapt out at me from the page. I want to share them here. And no this diary isn't a "hit" piece against Clinton or Obama. I won't be delving into the Dowd column much. Just focusing on the positive point about John Edwards. Anyway, tonight is the Iowa caucus. No more hit diaries please.
In Maureen Dowd's column "Reign or Deign" she discusses the top 3 Democratic candidates. In truth, I guess the column is more about Clinton and Obama, than Edwards. But still, there were a couple of paragraphs that did strike me. Here they are.
Across town, Nancy Hibbs, a 57-year-old nurse, came to listen to John
Edwards give his son-of-a-mill-worker rant against corporate greed,
complete with a sneer aimed at Obama that anyone who thinks you can
"just nice" the carnivorous Republican fat cats into submission is in
"Never-Never Land."
Ms. Hibbs had decided after seeing Barack Obama a year ago that she
would vote for him. She saw him again Monday night in Ames and felt
even more certain that he was the one.
After listening to Edwards for 40 minutes on Tuesday, she up and
changed her mind, deciding to vote for him.
"You can tell in his voice he's not playing the game, you can hear his
moral commitment," she said. "We need a big turnaround."
Ms Hibbs decided on Obama a year ago, saw Obama again a week ago and was even more stronger for Obama, then listened to John Edwards for 40 minutes and decided right then and there she was switching to John Edwards.
All I can say to that is way to go Ms Hibbs.
Tonight will tell. I'm nervous but hopeful.
Go John Edwards!