Edwards
Personal stuff has kept me off the internet most of yesterday and today. It’s always good to keep checking the websites of your favorite politicos, though. www.johnedwards.com had converted to being the Edwards 08 campaign website by mid evening last night, pacific time. I’m glad he’s in the race. I can say that he is and will be the guy that I support in the Democratic primaries, no matter who else runs, unless or until he drops out. Hopefully, that won’t happen and this will be one long, hard, but fun ride through to the convention. I started off putting my money where my mouth is last night, making my first contribution to his campaign. So from here on out, y’all know where my bias lies. I’ve been hoping he would run. I think his message of rewarding work, not wealth, and of trying to stop and even reduce the inequality that’s been growing in our society quite purposefully for the last two generations is exactly the message the Democratic Party needs to make it a majority party again. Truly, if the Democrats could have John Edwards’ policy ideas and Howard Deans organizing and strategizing at the same time for a while, we’d set things right.
I pride myself on being a bit of an elections nerd. While I will definitely and unapologetically shill for Edwards when I think he’s right over the next couple of years, I will do my best not to let that get in the way of my cold, honest evaluation of his electoral strategies or those of any other candidate.
