Comments on: America could use more politicians like John Edwards

By: Miguel

Miguel — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:55:08 +0000

John Edwards made his millions (he’s worth about 100 million)suing doctors for not giving women c-sections ,which according to him is why they have cerebral palsey. Turns out CP is not caused by fetal distress. From time to time he uses the story of his son dead Wade to appeal to the sympathy of juries. What a disgusting human being. Using his dead son to make money.

He is an ambulance chaser. If you pay a fortune in health care you can thank John Edwards.

By: reenee

reenee — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:14:12 +0000

Given her rabid approach towards securing the office she feels is hers to hold, I’m not so sure that HillRod is capable of a graceful exit.
If she does somehow rise to the occasion it will be because someone like Carville has wrestled her to the ground and made her say uncle with the promise of something tangible and worth her while.

By: Michaelr

Michaelr — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:01:33 +0000

We will not see the likes of John Edwards in U.S. politics in our lifetime again. There are so many similarities in both his approach, and his political concerns for the nation as a whole with the late Bobby Kennedy, that you can’t help but see the comparisons. Hopefully, there’s a place in Barack Obama’s cabinet for John Edwards.

John Edwards’ endorsement of Barack Obama for President signaled that its time to call an end to the indecisive wishy-washy death march of Hillary Clinton, and come together as Democrats to push the GOP out of the White House. Notice how the United Steel Worker’s Union quickly shifted its support to Obama. The blue-collar industry is now waking up and moving in the right direction. Nobody has seen and embraced poverty issues like John Edwards, and he publicly made yesterday one of the most eloquent gestures to Hillary Clinton, calling her “a woman of steel,” in his efforts to unite the Democratic Party. Hopefully her ego can see beyond her ambition, and save a nation in badly need of rebuilding after eight years of leadership that incorporated larceny, cronyism, and lies to exploit the U.S. taxpayer and steal food from the mouths of their children.

By: Barrio Abogado

Barrio Abogado — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:08:51 +0000

I see the DNC leadership trying to figure out the end game strategy for Clinton to exit with dignity. Clinton wants to hold her head high and feel good about her efforts. She deserves our admiration. She ran a strong campaign. While I did not agree with her decision to go negative, we all know that hit pieces work. She was able to stall Obama’s momentum. We need to let her finish the race. I think she should pitch endorsing Obama and in exchange ask for help to pay off her debt.

I think Obama should seriously consider her for VP. She brings women, white, Latino and rural voters. Something Obama needs in November. For Clinton it is a win, win. If Obama loses in the Fall, then she is ready to take on McCain in four years. If Obama wins, then as VP Clinton will be ready to add another four or eight years of Democratic rule.

This election is the Democrats to lose. The results from the Mississippi congressional race on Tuesday clearly shows the country wants change. The GOP is scrambling to find a message that resonates with voters. They tried tying the Democratic candidate with Obama and Rev. Wright and they lost by over 8 percentage points. Ouch! Things do not bode well for the Republicans, but the Democrats need to get through the end of these primaries without further damaging themselves and get on with the real task at hand….beating McCain!!