Edwards set to announce his candidacy
The southerner who is as famous for his grin and tan as he is for the creation of a second America, John Edwards, is set to announce his candidacy.
The guy has been making his way around the country since the end of his unsuccessful campaign for Vice-President fighting for minimum wage raises and looking for an end to poverty – that included a trip to the Burnet Woods Gazebo to campaign for Ohio's Issue 2.
Barack Obama is said to have the rock-star aura in his corner, but the way the old Cincinnati Democratic crowd fawned over a refreshed John Edwards a few months ago indicates he might have a bit of the same mojo working for him.
Poverty is as important an issue as any and it's good that there's now a candidate in the race who is going to make that the centerpiece of his campaign. Combine Edwards with Dennis Kucinich, whose main issue is ending the war in Iraq, and Democrats almost have a whole candidate this time around.
Edwards, who represented North Carolina in the Senate for six years, plans to make the campaign announcement late this month from the New Orleans neighborhood hit hardest by Hurricane Katrina last year and slow to recover from the storm.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they did not want to pre-empt Edwards' announcement.
As Edwards enters the crowded field, the Lower Ninth Ward provides a stark backdrop to highlight his signature issue _ that economic inequality means that the country is divided into "two Americas."
The guy has been making his way around the country since the end of his unsuccessful campaign for Vice-President fighting for minimum wage raises and looking for an end to poverty – that included a trip to the Burnet Woods Gazebo to campaign for Ohio's Issue 2.
Barack Obama is said to have the rock-star aura in his corner, but the way the old Cincinnati Democratic crowd fawned over a refreshed John Edwards a few months ago indicates he might have a bit of the same mojo working for him.
Poverty is as important an issue as any and it's good that there's now a candidate in the race who is going to make that the centerpiece of his campaign. Combine Edwards with Dennis Kucinich, whose main issue is ending the war in Iraq, and Democrats almost have a whole candidate this time around.
Labels: Cincinnati, Democrats, National Politics, Social Justice
Kucinich is their best candidate, but he won't get a fair shake from the corporate media or the corporate Demohawks.
Edwards and Obama have supported the war and though they both have used the word poor (something rare for a Demoratic contender) they are acceptable to the ruling elite.
Posted by Anonymous | 9:30 PM