Knowing your audience

Posted: Thursday, December 13, 2007 2:43 PM by Domenico Montanaro

From NBC/NJ's Carrie Dann
DES MOINES, IOWA -- Edwards named the closing of the Maytag plant in Newton as the ultimate illustration of how corporate America is hurting the middle class. It was an emotional and much-publicized event for plant workers here in Iowa, prompting cathartic displays such as the public demolition of a washing machine. Edwards visited Newton, Iowa, the week of the plant's closing. The crowd hit hardest by the factory buyout is the one with which Edwards' anti-corporate populism resonates the most. He knows his Iowa audience.

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Nice work, Carrie. Did Edwards offer any policy proposals for keeping manufacturing jobs in the US, or was it more of a protest against the consequences of the closing?

Matt Megas, Charlottesville, VA (Sent Thursday, December 13, 2007 2:52 PM)

Of all the candidates, Edwards has proposed the clearest policies, which is why I am supporting him. You can find his trade, health care, education, etc., proposals at his web site, www.johnedwards.com . The guy gets knocked for being a lawyer, but it seems to me that the kind of analytical thinking and pragmatism required of attorneys would be a real plus in a president. Edwards understands the importance of details.

Lisa of Ohio (Sent Thursday, December 13, 2007 9:22 PM)

Was this plant 'buy out' some more of Romney's 'business' of making himself millions at the cost of thousands of Americans' jobs?

MICK (Sent Friday, December 14, 2007 5:52 AM)

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