John Edwards and His Populist Appeal

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Religious affiliation and sincerity have rarely been a reliable litmus test for choosing great leaders of the free world. Voters who made firm assumptions based on Richard Nixon's Quaker upbringing or Bill Clinton's Baptist faith were likely surprised by what they got in the end. Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson were religiously ambiguous, yet both were truly great presidents. Moral, wise and effective leaders can be found both within and outside church walls.
Bradley Mozee
Orinda, Calif.

Correction
In "The Road Warrior" (Dec. 24), we stated that "under Iowa's arcane caucus rules, a precinct where 25 people show up to vote gets the same number of delegates as a place that packs in 2,500." That is incorrect. Under Democratic rules, Iowa's precincts are allocated delegates according to past voter turnout. Precincts that turned out more voters in previous elections have a greater number of delegates to choose this year. If a small precinct has an unusually large turnout, the number of delegates will not change. NEWSWEEK regrets the error.

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Posted By: observant kate @ 05/08/2009 4:50:30 PM

The article in the current issue of Newsweek, "The Path of a Pandemic," is fascinating./ My only question is, "Why in this time of everything global, don't we have an interpolforssssssssssssss health issues? It is frightening to think that there are many bad bugs out there causing isolated ccases that no one knows about because there is no central [popint to which these are reported. Where are the World Health Organization and the u.n. HILE SALL THIS IS GOING ON?
Kae Hentges, MSPH
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Posted By: Carolina Gal @ 01/24/2008 2:02:20 PM

I also have every confidence in the American people to walk the walk after they're done talking about all of the issues that affect them. Yes, John Edwards sued doctors but you're living on Mars if you think that was a major contributor to the high cost of health care. Let's take a look at the exhorbatent charges for procedures, lab work, and just seeing your doctor for a 10-minute visit. Having been married to a hospital administrator, everyone should know the appalling hidden costs in hospitals and doctors' practices that get transfered to us patients - employee cell phones that also are allowed for personal use, car leases, trips to exotic places for conferences multiple times a year when a web-conference would do on some occasions, free food 24/7 in the doctor's lounge, country club memberships, maintenance on executives homes by hospital groundskeepers, etc. We need someone heading up our country that isn't impressed with a title or a bank account balance - but who instead wants to really get the job done.

And if more people voted for who they truly want, instead of who's likely to win, we'd finally end this cycle of mediocre politicans doing a half-assed job while eating out of the hand of every lobbyist and PAC that can fill Washington..
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Posted By: jroedl @ 01/11/2008 9:31:53 AM

Yea I agree but too many poeple are going to vote for Obama beacause he's black or Hillary because she's a woman. Poeple also want to vote for whomever is already "out front" as they don't want to waste a vote on someone who is consistantly in third place. There are many voters ouu there that simply are not educated on politics and issues and just vote for a recognizable name. I have listened to John Edwards and believe him to be the best candidate but he has win the majority