For the first time since LBJ, you made the eradication of poverty a major issue in the national debate. Your tireless advocacy for working people across the country is laudable and every progressive, even those who never supported your campaign, owes you a debt of gratitude.
Thanks John.
As Rudy Guiliana said yesterday, ‘The cause never goes away,’ even when the campaign ends. I hope this is also true for John Edwards since he has been a champion for so many things important to so many Americans.
Health Care for all
Ending Poverty
Ending homelessness
Keeping jobs in America
Getting the corporations out of influential power in DC
Taking care of military veterans, military, families and survivors
Standing up for the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the right of Habeus Corpus
Eliminating torture and other things that are just plan wrong and have no place in the American Agenda
and the list goes on … the campaign does not, according to news projections regarding Edward’s event in New Orleans today.
So where will Edwards supporters go? The spinmeisters are already speculating that those who were for Edwards cause he was white will go for Hillary and those who were for him because he wasn’t Hillary will go to Obama.
There may be a small number of folks who will react like that, but the Edwards people I know supported him because (i) they had supported him in 2004 and just liked him, and/or (ii) they liked his message.
I think the “message” people will look to the candidate who has a similar message, and that’s clearly Obama, but it will be interesting to see how it shakes out.
Rally in MN Tuesday. Out of the race on Wednesday. Things that make you go hmmmm…
If Edwards wants to eliminate poverty, why doesn’t he divest some of his very large assets and give them away? He certainly has enough money where he could live very well on half of it. Does he really need a 14,000 square foot home anyway?
Good to see folks praising Edwards for his work in this campaign (with one notable exception. Sheesh…)
This Edwards supporter is caucusing for Obama on Tuesday. I’m doing so because I think he’s done a nice job of delivering a powerful message, and I believe that he’s a transformative leader, not a transactional one. That’s what also drew me to Edwards.
I’m not necessarily doing it because I think he’ll be as good as Edwards on the issues. I hope he does more to talk about eliminating poverty. And I hope he spends more time talking about what he’ll do for workers in this country. Finally, I’ll expect him to be BOLD on immigration, not just good.
I think Edwards’ name is still on the Super Tuesday ballot, and I think I’m going to vote for him to send a message that the Populist Message is what earns my vote.
Edwards ‘suspended’ his campaign, not terminating it, and so Edwards’ delegates to the National Convention can, at a later time, to be released to another candidate.
I’m currently liking the idea of having a ‘grownup,’ as Edwards referred to himself in the last debate, to have some influence in the party endorsement process. I see it as something to hold over the two sparring candidates still competing in the contest.
I had intended on voting for Kucinich then he dropped out. Then I was going to vote for Edwards, then he dropped out. I’m starting to sense a trend here. Seriously, my only choice left is Obama. He’s got the right mix of passion, presentation skills, and message. If the contest is between Obama and McCain, Obama wins by 8 or 9 percentage points and while not a 40 state sweep, should win the majority of southern states and the midwest.
Richard,
How can you say that Obama sweeps the southern states? The way you guys talk about southerners, it’s as if they were all uneducated, racist rednecks.
Richard - careful that you don’t jinx Obama.
Why don’t you declare for McCain or Romney instead?