The Recovery Strategy

To "honorine" - I wish more of the candidates, R and D, would get angry. Thirty plus years ago the Republicans joined the Democrats in an intervention when high crimes and misdemeanors were going on in the White House. Now the Republicans are enablers, refusing to hold this administration accountable. We need someone to get angry about where this administration has taken the country and and how much time and energy the next administration will have to spend repairing the damage done.

To "tarheelsarenotforedwards" - being a manager does equal wealth. My father was a regional manager, wore a shirt and tie to work and we were never above lower middle class. The government's definition of middle class begins with annual household income in the $20k range which is ridiculous wherever in the country one might live. As for taxes, the plan should be to close loopholes for hedge funds and corporation. If you haven't seen it, take a look at "Why We Fight," an excellent documentary that warns about exactly where we are unfortunately today - with the military industrial (congressional) complex running our country. It's probably much worse than Eisenhower ever imagined.

So for me, anyone but Hillary who would just continue the corrupt system. I hold out little hope of anyone really being able to reverse course. Take a look at "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" and you'll see that similar corruption was already in place way back in 1939!!!

I voted for John Edwards once, and I'd vote for him again. I truly believe he would be "The peoples President".
I'd like most of all to see a Edwards/Bayh ticket. A strong center/left Southerner and a center/right midwesterner. I truly love America, thats why I vote Democrat.

I am a registered democrat and have voted for democrats my entire life but if Edwards becomes the nominee I will have to vote for a republican. To win elections the democratic party needs to move back from the abyss that is socialism.

Those who created the increase in productivity with the power of their brains should share more in the gains from them. Yes those that work with their hands and do things ANYONE can be trained to do are less secure now, they should be. Creativity and brain power are the only things that improve all our lives and should thus be given more rewards. Capitalism is the worst economic system except for all the others that have been tried. if you want to see the results of socialism look at france.

Because John Edwards did not sell his soul to gain contribution money, the broadcast media often ignore him. They know where the stations manager's bread is buttered. Edwards focuses his efforts and policies on improving the lives of working people and ensuring that our children will have a better future. Working people did not share in the benefits of productivity growth in the last decade. They work harder, feel more at risk, and cannot afford campaign contributions. Edwards fights for them first and foremost.

I used to respect Edwards and think that he was cool. Now, he sounds like an angry old man who is upset and acting like a crazy man. He needs to get his act together. He must calm now and stop acting so hyper. He misspeaks all the time.

Note that Edwards says that she has taken more money than any other candidate.. Edward has also accepted money from these special interests only not as much ...an analysis of info available on opensecrets .com is clear eveidence of that .
a function of these donations is the fact that people actually want to give it you....its rather hilarious that Edwards has tried to make into a virtue the fact that although he would love to accept their money they just dont want to give it to him because they really are smart enough not to want to back a losing horse!

Note that Edwards says that she has taken more money than any other candidate.. Edward has also accepted money from these special interests only not as much ...an analysis of info available on opensecrets .com is clear eveidence of that .
a function of these donations is the fact that people actually want to give it you....its rather hilarious that Edwards has tried to make into a virtue the fact that although he would love to accept their money they just dont want to give it to him because they really are smart enough not to want to back a losing horse!

I am not a Hilary hater.

she is very good on her feet at these debate settings. She's the queen of the quick debate soundbite, all vetted prior by her pollsters and advisers.

She's also a very smart woman, no doubt.

But this packing of the crowd with pro Hilary heckling goons, and her (to what to me is most amusing) headmistress glare when she's taken to the woodshed for being the ultimate insider and favorite of corporate interests is just too funny.

Hilary as "change"? too funny.

She's also the liberal version of the "Nanny State", just like the evangelical Puritan loons on the right, she also knows "what is BEST for you".

because it takes a village. With her heading it.

I'm going to hurl chunks now.

The Middle class can't exactly be debated by a number. In some areas, namely the large cities (that the Democrats NEED to court), $97,000-$150,000 just does not get you as far as it used to. In those areas it IS the middle class. Our household brings in about that, and we certainly aren't in the upper class. Cities such as Seattle, D.C., New York, San Fransisco, etc, $97,000 per year would not get you much of anything. Yes, only 6% of people make more than that, but they are largely in large cities and are the middle class. There is no easy answer, but if a person that makes $1,000,000 is taxed the same (provided their is an increase)as a person making $150,000, the person making $150,000 will certainly feel it much worse than the former.... Just food for thought.

Edwards appears tired in debates and on television because his populist and socialist messages aren't being accepted by the voters. It's hard for man who gets $400 dollar haircuts and lives in $6 million dollar estates to have credibility with the voters when he talks about the two Americas and how he's for the average worker.

Edwards did not start out dirt poor. You have to be careful with Edwards because he lies by omission. Edwards tells us that his Dad worked in the mill all of this life therefore showing that John Edwards has blue collar roots and values. What John Edwards didn't tell us is that his Dad was a manager in the mill. With his Dad being a manager John Edwards doesn't have blue collar roots and values.