Whose ideas?
Liberal New York Times columnist Paul Krugman endorses John Edwards for president.
Just a little late.
Actually, Krugman claims Edwards led the ideas race if not the delegate contest:
"But Mr. Edwards, far more than is usual in modern politics, ran a campaign based on ideas. And even as his personal quest for the White House faltered, his ideas triumphed: both candidates left standing are, to a large extent, running on the platform Mr. Edwards built."
To buy that theory, you have to believe 1) Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton couldn't think of their own ideas and 2) they ran a whole lot better on Edwards' ideas than Edwards did.
I don't. It seemed to me that Edwards was taking his ideas from Ralph Nader.
Addendum: An N&O analysis by Rob Christensen says Edwards' "angry populism" turned off many voters ...
... and for which Edwards' campaign manager blames ... the voters:
"David Bonior, Edwards' campaign manager, said people confused anger with outrage that Edwards expressed over the nation's continued inequality and poverty.
" 'The problem with the country is it's forgotten that kind of politics, which is fundamental to change things,' Bonior said. 'We are not going to get the change we want unless you stand up and fight for it.' "
Maybe Americans just don't deserve John Edwards.
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I don't. It seemed to me that Edwards was taking his ideas from Ralph Nader.* Doug
Maybe! But Ralph stole it from a Democrat liberal Georgia candiate in the early 80's who ran on a two Georgia's platform. At the end of the campaign, both Georgia's rejected his bid for office....Some said if he had ran on one Georgia Vs one Alabama campaign, he would have been swept into office, because most Alabama folks shop in Atlanta and supported the Atlanta Falcons.....or was it the Atlanta Braves?
In fact some historial sources claim the two Americans campaign was started in 1860 and one can understand why that won't work in the Edwards campaign after seeing the results of the 1860 campaign.....
Posted on February 2, 2008 4:03 PM