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!!!
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Clinton's aides said that was just a taste of what they had prepared. "We had three or four more of those in our back pocket," said Jay Carson, Clinton's spokesman. "But we didn't need to use them because the questions hit on the same issue."
Clinton's team was most pleased about John Roberts's question about Edwards's reversals on Yucca Mountain and the war in Iraq. "If it is fair for you to change your position, is it not fair for her to change hers?" Roberts asked. Edwards responded by turning the flip-flop line back on Clinton—this time about voting for a free trade deal with Peru, while at the same time wanting a moratorium on such deals.
Officially, the Edwards team welcomed Clinton's fire—and would love nothing more than to have the Hawkeye State caucuses seen as a two-candidate race. "Whether she likes it or not, she's the Washington status quo candidate," says Trippi. "She has taken more money than any Republican candidate—more defense money, more health industry money. People know that those industries expect something for their money.
"There's a guy who has taken on those interests his whole life, and she keeps ignoring him and she doesn't engage him until now. Why now? Because all of a sudden it's a dead heat in Iowa," Trippi adds. "She's coming down a little bit."
If the Clinton folks are scared of Edwards, they didn't show it in the spin room on Thursday night. Nervous and sweaty in Philadelphia, Team Clinton looked calm and relaxed after the Vegas debate. "She didn't take a punch, and they never came back at her," said Mandy Grunwald.
Trippi is a smart and seasoned pol, and only a fool would count him out. But if his recovery strategy is going to work better for Edwards than it did for Howard Dean, he'd better get moving.
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