The Pre-Primary Buzz? All Edwards By: Mark W Adams

Gotta love it when a plan comes together. The conventional wisdom is gearing up to swing exactly where those of us who've been on the John Edwards bandwagon all along knew it would -- at just the right time.

Economy is not working: Edwards
Dem hopeful: Corporations, special interests have too much control.

Hitting the canvass for John Edwards
The populist crusader's blue-collar base appears solid after door-knocking in a depressed Iowa town.

Quote of the Day
"You can’t nice these people to death. You’d better send somebody into that arena who’s ready." -- John Edwards, quoted by the New York Times, referring how Sen. Barack Obama would deal with insurance companies and drug companies.

John Edwards: Street Fighter
...two referencing Edwards fighting theme. Hope 'n Hell ...

MESSAGE TO IOWA / Edwards IS TRUE VOICE OF CHANGE
John Edwards carries the least baggage and the most credibility in his quest to be the next president of the United States ~ he is also the biggest threat to the corporate and special interests who have found their home in the ...

caucus? they don't even know us!
...as john Edwards' sudden surge into a three-way w/hillary & barack.

Could Obama and Edwards Team Up in the Caucuses?
...Obama and Edwards are competing with each other, but the caucuses in Iowa, Nevada, and Washington State give the two campaigns a chance to also coordinate to maximize the delegates they gain. Edwards and Dennis Kucinich actually did this in 2004 in Iowa and it played a real role in Edwards’s Iowa unexpected Iowa success. At this point he and Oba...

Edwards Tries to Appeal to Independents and Republicans
ABC News' Raelyn Johnson reports: In his final plea to voters, John Edwards wants his message of fighting entrenched interests to reach beyond the Democratic Party. “I want to be absolutely clear that corporate greed is destroying the middle class...

A serious question for Obama supporters
...and John Edwards voted against the $87 billion supplemental funding bill (the vote was 88-12--that was way before the majority of Americans turned against the war). Then Obama got elected and voted several times to keep funding the war. This spring, Chris Dodd led the opposition to the latest supplemental funding bill within the Senate, but Obam...

AP Interview: Edwards on populist theme (AP)
...candidate John Edwards on Sunday defended his relentless assault on corporations and special interests, dismissing criticism that his pointed populist message is too divisive.

Edwards Fights to the Finish - Dan Balz, Washington Post


Hitting the canvass for John Edwards
The populist crusader's blue-collar base appears solid after door-knocking in a depressed Iowa town.

New Hampshire Race Tightens as Edwards Surges
...and John Edwards at 21%. The poll has a margin of error of 4 points. Key finding: Clinton has dropped 7 points in two weeks while Edwards has gained 6 points and Obama has gained 3 points. Undeclared voters provide positive playback for Edwards based on his television advertising running in New Hampshire and this is reflected in the ballot resu...

New Year's resolutions: Win Iowa, NH (AP)
AP - A bit of bubbly, a few verses of Auld Lang Syne and candidates, candidates and more candidates. It's New Year's Eve in Iowa and New Hampshire.

Will Edwards Really Win Iowa?
...the John Edwards campaign, is brightly encouraged by the tentative sunlight. Yesterday her volunteer canvass teams knocked on a thousand local doors. Today she hopes for the same. "It's really, really important that you stress to the undecided that John Edwards is the most electable Democrat," she says to about 25 volunteers gathered in a stee...

Weekend News Digest
...Democrat John Edwards, by law, can tap his fortune for no more than $50,000. What a difference public financing makes. Romney has chosen to bypass the taxpayer-financed presidential campaign fund, a move that lets him use his wealth without limitation. If he has put more of his money in during the past three months, his campaign isn't saying. Th...

Crooks and Liars: This Week: Edwards Scares The Punditocracy…


Latest Conventional Wisdom: Edwards is Headed Toward a Strong Finish in Iowa 12/31


New Hampshire Race Tightens as Edwards Surges
...and John Edwards at 21%. The poll has a margin of error of 4 points. Key finding: Clinton has dropped 7 points in two weeks while Edwards has gained 6 points and Obama has gained 3 points. Undeclared voters provide positive playback for Edwards based on his television advertising running in New Hampshire and this is reflected in the ballot resu...

Negotiating With Ourselves
My man Edwards at least understands that negotiation isn't an option, but his plan doesn't say "Look, the hell with it, they're not going to compromise, sign everybody up for Medicare." It tries to sneak that under the door, but the conservative movement really isn't being sneaky, and they're not likely to get duped. They'll lie and call somet...

Edwards Says "Fight" 39 Times During Iowa Townhall
Emphasizing his theme as a fighter for the common American, Edwards used some variation of the word "fight" nearly 40 times at a town hall at the Giggling Goat Cafe here this afternoon. In his stump speech, he uttered the words "fight," "fighting" or "fought" 31 times; in the Q&A session and his closing, he used t...

caucus? they don't even know us!
...as john Edwards' sudden surge into a three-way w/hillary & barack.

Edwards: Bill Clinton Has A Place In My White House
John Edwards said Sunday that he would like Bill Clinton to play a role in his administration, and called it a "complete fantasy" that the former president would not play a part in his wife's administration if she were to win. Edwards is battling Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination.

John Edwards - my guy in the news
Danny Glover was stumping for my presidential candidate in Las Vegas this weekend! LVRJ

Edwards: An 'epic fight'
...John Edwards, once the sunny populist, continued to cast himself as a combative fighter ready for what he called the "epic fight" against corporate influence. Four days before Thursday's caucuses, Edwards is appealing to Iowans fed up with "corporate greed." On a sunny Sunday, he rode his bus caravan through western Iowa...

Edwards Fights to the Finish - Dan Balz, Washington Post

This Week: Edwards Scares The Punditocracy…
...that John Edwards made a phone call. GS: (The Bhutto assassination) was a major event, at least for a day, on the campaign trail. It seemed to freeze the campaigns. Who handled it well; who didn’t? GW: Opinions differ. I would love to have been a fly on the wall of President Musharraf’s office when the aide came in. The country’s in flam...

Agonizing Over the Candidates and Who They Really Are
... Edwards, and nearly all of the candidates -- except perhaps Biden and Christopher Dodd and the non-candidate Chuck Hagel -- went silent during the Annapolis Peace Summit which drew together most of the Arab world, the P-5 nations, Israel, and many European and Southeast Asian nations in an effort to restart negotiations between Israel and Palest...

Iowa Countdown - 5 Days
...Obama and Edwards flow into one another, and the rest of the field flows to Clinton. Combining the results of polls and realignment as a mental exercise, you see some interesting things take place. I expected a Poll this morning (Sunday) before the Thursday caucus night, but the local Register didn't come out with one - which is surprising ...

Edwards has Pakistan on the brain (Josephine Hearn/The Politico)
... Edwards has Pakistan on the brain — MUSCATINE, Iowa — The pig driver in the audience here at the Holiday Inn hadn't asked about Pakistan; he'd asked about a Department of Peace as proposed by Rep. Dennis Kucinich. But John Edwards, flush with praise for his swift response to the Pakistan crisis … Source: The Politico Author: Jo...

Edwards paints himself as a fighter
... Edwards used some variation of the word "fight" nearly 40 times at a town hall at the Giggling Goat Cafe here this afternoon. In his stump speech, he uttered the words "fight," "fighting" or "fought" 31 times; in the Q&A session and his closing, he used them an additional eight times. In contrast, Edwards said &...

Tightening up in New Hampshire
... Edwards has momentum in Iowa, and it looks like he's catching on in New Hampshire too, via ARG. The last time that Edwards was within 10% of the lead in New Hampshire in any poll, was back in June: Democrats Clinton 31 Obama 27 Edwards 21 Republicans McCain 30 Romney 30 Huckabe...

Edwards: A Black and White Perspective
...See John Edwards in person and it's not hard to tell what has fueled his recent surge in Iowa. Unlike most politicians who seem habitually concerned with (and constrained by) presenting the gray area in every...

ARG Poll Shows Two Tight Races In New Hampshire
New polling from American Research Group shows that the Democratic race has narrowed considerably in New Hampshire, since their last poll ten days ago. Meanwhile, Rudy Giuliani has declined significantly on the Republican side, and is in danger of slipping into fifth place, behind Ron Paul: Democrats:Clinton 31% (-7)Obama 27% (+3) Edwards 21% (+6)R...

Wealthy candidates face money questions (AP)
...Democrat John Edwards, by law, can tap his fortune for no more than $50,000.

One Person Who Won't Be Serving In An Edwards Administration
is one of the architects of his sharper populism, Joe Trippi. Edwards says that anyone who's ever served as a lobbyist for a foreign country or agent would be forbidden from serving as a political appointee in his administration. Trippi worked for a guy who was paid $200,000 by then Nigerian vice president Atiku Abubakar for help creating a telep...

Edwards in New Hampshire
...which has Edwards up to 21%, taking the points from Hillary: Edwards now le

It's no Woodbine Twiner...
...which endorsed Edwards today, is close second for the best-named Iowa newspaper.

McClatchy: Edwards, Romney Lead in Iowa
...t think Edwards' one-point lead in this poll means much. But that the race is tight is obvious enough. And, it is likely that the finding of no increased concern about international affairs or terrorism is solid. If so, that does help Edwards. Also, the article argues that Edwards' numbers have shown an upward trend, and that he could benefi...

Another New Iowa Poll: McClatchy - MSNBC
... Edwards: 24% Hillary: 23% Obama: 22% Richardson: 12% Biden: 8% Dodd: 2% Only 20% say they might change their mind. On second choices, Edwards is way ahead of Obama and Clinton. Taking the supporters of Richardson, Biden, Dodd and Kucinich collectively, and adding them to the numbers of those already voting for the big three, it looks like this:...