My journey with Edwards

jaycee, Ventura, California — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:30:25 GMT

Thank you, John! Best wishes to you and your family.

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J. Merle Stanley, Westchester, 2008 — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:43:33 GMT

America will not be fine if we are forced to put another Republican in the White House because independents pushed Barrack Obama on the Democratic party.
...and Obama will lose if he is the nominee.
Change is the residue of design, and design is the by-product of experience.
Let's elect a candidate who can lead this country off of the bridge to nowhere, and back onto that bridge to the 21st century that her husband did so well directing us to.

HILLARY FOR PRESIDENT 2008!

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TEC-Spring-TX — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:49:46 GMT

The difference between a Southerner and a Yankee. Edwards did not leave the reporters without a ride.

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TEC-spring-tx — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:50:10 GMT

Bain capital bought Clear Channel communication November 2006. Clear Channel owns multiple media outlets across the United States. Clear Channel owns Premiere Radio Networks. Premiere is the distributor of the Rush Limbaugh and Dr Laura Show. Rush and Dr Laura are the biggest Romney supporters among radio talk show host. Clear Channel also carries the Sean Hannity Show. Clear Channel has been and still is one of the biggest proponents of media consolidation in the US. I think there is more to uncover in the relations between Mitt Romney, Bain capital and Clear Channel

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jj — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:54:07 GMT

Vandersloot seemed like a nice guy

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MM — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:55:43 GMT

I could not really connect with his message...but I so admired Edwards' resilience and that of Elizabeth Edwards. He did have an uphill battle b/c he was not glamorous and therefore not as newsworthy as his main rivals. His message lives on in the campaign of Sen. Obama so all was not in vain.

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jj — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:57:27 GMT

OBAMA can't BS about nothing for 8 months.

demos.

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IM4JRE, Ankeny, Iowa — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:58:17 GMT

I am a senior citizen and I have lived thru JFK, RFK, and MLK assasinations and that was sad indeed. To me it is even sadder to see John Edwards suspending his dream as POTUS. I saw first hand how hard JRE and Elizabeth worked as well as their staffers.

Without John Edwards to lead, I feel January 30, 2008 was/is the saddest day I will ever feel. This wonderful person who cares for the poor and the hungry, the middle class working family has his quest stolen from the likes of Clinton and Obama. John was first to lead with his visions for a better, united America. Then in steps Obama, next Hillary and all of a sudden they are hyped as the two who will vie for the nomination as president. I do feel that the DNC is partly responsible for this with endorsements coming from the "politically elites" such as the Kennedys.

This does nothing for me except leave a void in my heart and a determination to write JRE's name on my Iowa ballot in November. I urge all supporters of John Edwards to do the same. You say we are throwing our vote away, I think not. No difference between Hillary or Obama and the Republican party.

Become an Independent or try to get a Third Party going because DNC is not listening to the voices of America, but doing what they want done. Bah humbug

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Keith Sanfred, South Bend, Indiana — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:05:16 GMT

Wrong TEC-spirng-tx...

Bain capital HAS NOT purchased Clear Channel - so maybe you and your whiny buddy Huckabee can go back to crying about something ELSE you've made up.

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pmorlan, Louisville, KY — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:05:26 GMT

Edwards is a class act. What a shame that the majority of the media treated him like dirt.

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David, Roanoke, VA — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:07:19 GMT

I feel like this piece is more about the "service" of the journos than it is about the Edwards campaign.

Seriously, MSNBC? You're a for-profit company paying people to do a job just like the rest of America. This isn't a civic duty or service like the positions these people are campaigning for, and it's ridiculous to see folks in the media trying to get us to put them on a pedestal through stories like this which make it seem like they sacrifice everything just to bring us the news. There's no need for you to make us try and feel sorry for the people "who had left their lives behind to cover this man". I mean, seriously... there are MILLIONS -- if not most -- Americans who make far greater sacrifices for what they do on a daily basis than folks who get paid to ask questions, shoot video, enjoy leisurely lunches at seafood places along the coast, work from a laptop on a bus, and get put up in hotels all on the company dime. These "average" Americans do so without all of the self-aggrandizement we see here. These average folks -- the ones making sacrifices daily -- are the ones MAKING the news that you get paid to cover. It's a shame to see you spending time focusing on the sacrifices of the media to bring us the news, as opposed to the day-in-and-day-out sacrifices of those who give you things to report on in the first place.

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Joan Rivers, Los Angelas,Ca. — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:07:22 GMT

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Jack Edwards, St Louis,Mo. — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:09:39 GMT

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Michiel Williams South Beloit, Illinois — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:13:36 GMT

The day John Edwards suspended his campaign was one of the sadest days for me, in a year of cumulative bad days. He was our best real hope for the future of this country. A man who truly cares about people in America and around the world. Now the choice is between 2 candidates, neither of whom can hold a candle to John Edwards. Poor America!

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Scott, Evanston, IL — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:16:36 GMT

Excellent article, the kind of behind-the-scenes reporting that would never have justified print space before the web. First Read is candy for political junkies.

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Laurie from Bakersfield, California — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:28:56 GMT

I was heartbroken when Edwards dropped out so early, esp. since he vowed to hang in there all the way to the convention in Denver. However, even though I already planned to vote for Edwards in the California primary, I held on to my absentee ballot. It was becoming increasingly evident that Edwards--sad to say--was looking to be a non-factor in the Democratic race. I'm glad I didn't throw away my vote, since we Californians are now choosing between Barack or Hillary. Even as I cast my vote for Clinton, I felt sorry the for my fellow absentee voters who mailed in their ballots early with a now wasted vote for Edwards. Boo Hoo. He might very well pick up 10% of the CA vote due to absentee voters who mailed in their ballots prior to the New Orleans speech.

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JE4Prez, Piketon, Ohio — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:29:45 GMT

I am still broken-hearted over John Edwards suspending his campaign. I do not appreciate being railroaded into voting for Obama or Clinton. The DNC and the media do not speak for me. I'm sick of it!!

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Genevieve, Arnold, MD — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:43:07 GMT

EDWARDS HAS SUSPENDED NOT ENDED! You can still vote for Edwards! He can still gain delegates. I urge NBC not to write up news stories as if Edwards wasn't on the ballot still. He IS on the ballot still and Edwards votes STILL COUNT.

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Lee, NYC — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:43:30 GMT

I guess you at MSNBC are all relieved now, from the beginning the only two people you wanted to cover were the two people who remain in the race for the democratic nominee. Giving Americans no choice so far as I am concerned. You ran the debates and
picked the question you wanted to ask. Started trouble between the candidates, all for media rating. It didn't do your ratings much good, as crazy O'Reilly from Fox says, you are way behind them in ratings.

I hope you are happy with the do nothing Senator Obama
and the former first lady, last debate from CNN was
extremely boring, at least the parts I heard reported. I certainly did not watch, only John Edwards made the debates worth watching. Now maybe
one of the republican war mongers will win the election in November and it was MSNBC plan in the long run.
You have done this country a great disservice, by not
covering John Edwards from the beginning, because he was the only candidate with original ideas and plans from the beginning, the others just followed along.
Repeating his words, without really meaning what they
say, and making promises they have no intentions of keeping. Looks like the next four years will be more
of same. Continued occupation of the middle east, where we have no business being. No Universal healthcare, poor education policies, high college
tuitions, poor choices of jobs.

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Lori, LA — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:43:40 GMT

As I thought, a co-worker (Republican) is voting for Obama tomorrow because he thinks it will be easier to beat the no experienced liberal over Hillary. How many other supposed Republican converts are voting for Obama? We can only blame ourselves.

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Edrie I, Arlington VA — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:47:02 GMT

This article is interesting as a back piece on the life of a reporter, but the last line was jarring.

Just because your life as a reporter for a major network will seem fine (don't lose that health coverage by the way or "fine" could be a distant memory) now that you can get back to your comfy bed and regular schedule doesn't mean America will be fine.

The 200,000 homeless vets are still homeless, and who is speaking for them now?

37 million Americans are still living in poverty, and who is speaking for them now?

47 million Americans still lack basic health care coverage, and while Clinton and Obama have proposals, neither is as detailed or as strong as Edwards's was, so who is speaking for these Americans now?

Middle class wages are still stagnate, Clinton and Obama still favor trade agreements that favor multinational corporations, and the millions of people living in rural America have lost the only candidate who ever advocated for them. So who is speaking out on these issues now?

Great, Tricia Miller is fine. But don't conflate your current socioeconomic position with the condition of this country. Right now, America is not fine.

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Winky Dinky Dog — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:48:05 GMT

$400.00 haircuts = out of touch with reality. Good riddance.

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Blaine — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:53:16 GMT

It's about time First Read wrote something as classy as this. Let's hope you don't take forever to do this again.

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Sherry — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:14:09 GMT

America will be fine? A bit glib. You might have found a more generous last line (oh, I know, obligatory to echo the lead sentence). It is interesting to me how very little sympathy Edwards evoked among members of the traveling (terminally trivial) press. Now the answer is apparent. Yes, unlike Clinton and Obama, he regularly took questions from the press. But covering him was so inconveniently tiring....

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TEC-Spring-Tx — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:14:31 GMT

Keith Sanfred, South Bend, Indiana
http://www.clearchannel.com/Corporate/PressRelease.aspx?PressReleaseID=1824
In progress deal has yet to close but is probably a done deal.

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pmorlan, Louisville, KY — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:15:51 GMT

Tricia, it sure would have been nice if you had given Edwards this much space while he was still in the campaign. But then this article really isn't about Edwards, is it?

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Margaret, NYC — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:34:04 GMT

David - yes - this piece is all about journalists - not Edwards.
And once again - MSNBC lives up to their anti-Edwards position.

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Lena — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:34:41 GMT

WHy hasn't Edwards made an endorement yet? Are He and Richardson playing the fence for jobs? That is hypocritical of them. Typical politicians. Why not speak up for who you think would be the best

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E Beckman, Los Angeles, CA — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:36:26 GMT

My CA vote is well placed voting absentee ballot. A Democracy means I vote for who I feel would be our best President; if the current "flavor of the month" party favorites leave me with no feeling, no vision, no real direction for our future, I vote my conscience, make another choice, a better choice.

No vote is ever wasted...ever.

I think John Edwards deserves to hear from the Nation, not a sampling of States. IMO, his campaign was the best in decades.

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Richard, Palatka, FL — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:36:44 GMT

Edwards and Hillary won RED Florida counties!
Obama won in university-area counties.

The media has given Obama a pass from the gitgo - and are delivering Obama on a silver platter.
The media did the same with Bush in 2000.

Obamabots are the new Bushies!

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rosie, crestview, fl — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:39:31 GMT

JRE was what americans needed today, now, not tomorrow. I think JRE had the best plans and knew the way to get things done. It is the country's loss that they did not realize what a great mind JRE has. He came up with the solutions to the problems we are facing every day. I also think that JRE is the one that would have gotten universal health care passed. Democrats have lost again.

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Stay golden pony boy — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:40:56 GMT

Don't worry he'll get even one day leading the class action lawsuit against GE for the mercury in compact fluorescent light bulbs. Wonder if he'll close down the poverty center now? That 72% Administration cost is as bad as some these bogus vet charities.

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Amy B Portland, ME — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:48:02 GMT

"America will be fine?" I'm not so sure. This reminds me of what I felt watching Meet The Press this Sunday. Tim Russert and his round table of pundits yucking it up as if the primaries were something as superficial as the Super Bowl. In sports, a team loses and they come back next year to play again. In politics, we elect the wrong guy and airplanes crash into buildings, cities disappear into floods, billions of dollars are misspent and the world's Super Power tanks. Big difference, folks. Please cover politics as if our lives depend on it. Adios Mr. Edwards, and thank you for talking about povery in America.

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Bette, Anoka, MN — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:07:14 GMT

John Edwards is a good and caring person. I hope that he will be chosen as the running mate for either Hilary or Obama. I hope that Hilary gets the nomination. I don't believe that Obama has the necessary experience to clean up Bush's mess.

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Arthur, Las Vegas — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:15:21 GMT

John Edwards was a great candidate and I admire his admiration for the working middle class. He would be my second choice next to Hillary Clinton. I just thought that his candidacy was caught in the wrong election season where a first viable woman presidential candidate and a first viable African-American presidential candidate were at play.

Im a registered Democrat but I also like John McCain and Ron Paul. Should Hillary Clinton lose the nomination, I would have to think about John McCain. Im not sure... Im prolife - but the war in Iraq is not worth fighting for - with respect to men and women in uniform, and the war needs to be ended. I don't think the word "winning" the war in Iraq would mean anything after the bloodshed of many US troops and Iraqi civilian. I wish Ron Paul was in the higher up race.

Barack Obama is articulate and some say inspirational but I don't see really it. Anyone of these candidates can and will make change in the country, however, experience is what most counts. Okay, Obama didn't vote for the war and now what? And it annoys me that Hillary Clinton still doesn't want to admit that she made a mistake by voting for the war - but its time to move on. Its time to find solutions and figure out how we're going to fix all that mess in Iraq.

I wouldn't be surprised if John Edwards becomes the US Attorney General, I think he would be great.

I wish Hillary Clinton many luck, I believe for what she stands for and I think she will make the real change that this country needs.

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FJR in L.A., CA — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:16:47 GMT

OBAMA'S IRAQ VOTE SPEECH
OCTOBER 2002
Unedited Original Transcript

"Good afternoon. Let me begin by saying that although this has been billed as an anti-war rally, I stand before you as someone who is not opposed to war in all circumstances.

The Civil War was one of the bloodiest in history, and yet it was only through the crucible of the sword, the sacrifice of multitudes, that we could begin to perfect this union, and drive the scourge of slavery from our soil. I don't oppose all wars.

My grandfather signed up for a war the day after Pearl Harbor was bombed, fought in Patton's army. He saw the dead and dying across the fields of Europe; he heard the stories of fellow troops who first entered Auschwitz and Treblinka. He fought in the name of a larger freedom, part of that arsenal of democracy that triumphed over evil, and he did not fight in vain.

I don't oppose all wars.

After September 11th, after witnessing the carnage and destruction, the dust and the tears, I supported this Administration's pledge to hunt down and root out those who would slaughter innocents in the name of intolerance, and I would willingly take up arms myself to prevent such a tragedy from happening again.

I don't oppose all wars. And I know that in this crowd today, there is no shortage of patriots, or of patriotism. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war. What I am opposed to is the cynical attempt by Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz and other arm-chair, weekend warriors in this Administration to shove their own ideological agendas down our throats, irrespective of the costs in lives lost and in hardships borne.

What I am opposed to is the attempt by political hacks like Karl Rove to distract us from a rise in the uninsured, a rise in the poverty rate, a drop in the median income - to distract us from corporate scandals and a stock market that has just gone through the worst month since the Great Depression.

That's what I'm opposed to. A dumb war. A rash war. A war based not on reason but on passion, not on principle but on politics.

Now let me be clear - I suffer no illusions about Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal man. A ruthless man. A man who butchers his own people to secure his own power. He has repeatedly defied UN resolutions, thwarted UN inspection teams, developed chemical and biological weapons, and coveted nuclear capacity.

He's a bad guy. The world, and the Iraqi people, would be better off without him.

But I also know that Saddam poses no imminent and direct threat to the United States, or to his neighbors, that the Iraqi economy is in shambles, that the Iraqi military a fraction of its former strength, and that in concert with the international community he can be contained until, in the way of all petty dictators, he falls away into the dustbin of history.

I know that even a successful war against Iraq will require a US occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences. I know that an invasion of Iraq without a clear rationale and without strong international support will only fan the flames of the Middle East, and encourage the worst, rather than best, impulses of the Arab world, and strengthen the recruitment arm of al-Qaeda.

I am not opposed to all wars. I'm opposed to dumb wars.

So for those of us who seek a more just and secure world for our children, let us send a clear message to the president today. You want a fight, President Bush? Let's finish the fight with Bin Laden and al-Qaeda, through effective, coordinated intelligence, and a shutting down of the financial networks that support terrorism, and a homeland security program that involves more than color-coded warnings.

You want a fight, President Bush? Let's fight to make sure that the UN inspectors can do their work, and that we vigorously enforce a non-proliferation treaty, and that former enemies and current allies like Russia safeguard and ultimately eliminate their stores of nuclear material, and that nations like Pakistan and India never use the terrible weapons already in their possession, and that the arms merchants in our own country stop feeding the countless wars that rage across the globe.

You want a fight, President Bush? Let's fight to make sure our so-called allies in the Middle East, the Saudis and the Egyptians, stop oppressing their own people, and suppressing dissent, and tolerating corruption and inequality, and mismanaging their economies so that their youth grow up without education, without prospects, without hope, the ready recruits of terrorist cells.

You want a fight, President Bush? Let's fight to wean ourselves off Middle East oil, through an energy policy that doesn't simply serve the interests of Exxon and Mobil.

Those are the battles that we need to fight. Those are the battles that we willingly join. The battles against ignorance and intolerance. Corruption and greed. Poverty and despair.

The consequences of war are dire, the sacrifices immeasurable. We may have occasion in our lifetime to once again rise up in defense of our freedom, and pay the wages of war. But we ought not - we will not - travel down that hellish path blindly. Nor should we allow those who would march off and pay the ultimate sacrifice, who would prove the full measure of devotion with their blood, to make such an awful sacrifice in vain."

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JB, SLC — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:41:23 GMT

John is a fine man with great vision. He could have brought change. Hopefully change is on the way.

http://www.dipdive.com/
If you need some help deciding this primary season.

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Jenny, Eau Claire WI — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:42:04 GMT

I'm so glad some one else knows that Bain Capital doesn't own Clear Channel!! Thank you Keith!

And even if they did, what would that have to do with Mitt Romney? He hasn't worked for Bain Capital since 1999! I think maybe you should do some homework TEC.

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OBanks Hartland,Mi. — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:54:37 GMT

History is funny,especially presidential history. you never really know what presidents is like until after they are elected. This time however I felt like I knew John Edwards. He was a man of the people for the people down to the poorest of us. He understood us better than anyone runing. We stood a much better chance with him to get the programs that we need to make our lives better than with anyone else runing. We will miss John Edwards.

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WatermelonGrower, Berkeley, California — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:57:49 GMT

Thanks to Tricia Miller -- although I do not share her confidence that America will be fine -- for such a caring and appreciative report on what the journalists in the field were doing. Edwards' advocacy for structural, progressive reforms in housing, poverty, global warming, universal healthcare, are what America is already missing. The C&O horserace is mostly about identity politics and style, which the moneyed political players would much prefer to dominate than allowing serious discussion during the horse-race of Edwards -- and Kucinich, as well as others' -- vital concerns.

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Kristy Mundt, El Cajon, Ca — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:05:01 GMT

American will NOT be fine. I too lived through JFK, RFK AND MLK. I have not been inspired since they have been gone. John Edwards inspired me. I will be writing in John Edwards in November. Obama and Clinton are just the same thing we have had for the last 28 years. I went to Iowa and worked for John Edwards, on my own dime, because he is the only voice for workin American. The media has let us down again. We have to stand up for ONE AMERICA. VOTE FOR JOHN EDWARDS!!

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Roberta Browne, Menlo Park, CA — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:57:59 GMT

A light of hope for the working class went out with the end of John Edwards' campaign. He spoke to my heart, he heard my voice, he had my back. We have lost our champion. He made me believe again, in the America I grew up in, with liberty and justice for all. The media's prominent attention to Senators Clinton and Obama's historic candidancy excluded the best candidate, due to his gender/ethnicity.Perhaps we're not so progressive after all. Thank you, Senator Edwards for restoring my hope for a brief, shining moment. I hope you will accept a VP slot, and then run again in 8 years. America needs you.

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Nan, Las Vegas, NV — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:58:27 GMT

Thank you, FJR in LA! Much appreciated as I had not yet the oportunity to read Obama's first speech re: Iraq war.

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Linda Davison — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:07:29 GMT

Edwards is the only Democratic candidate who is smart, honest, compassionate, and not bought and paid for by corporate America. Look at the who is paying for Obama's and Hillary's campaigns: oil, HMOs, nuclear power, coal, drug companies, etc. I will not vote for corporate hack A or corporate hack B. Edwards will have my vote on February 5th and again in November.

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Kim, Pasadena, CA — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:27:28 GMT

My heart and prayers go out to John Edwards and his family, especially his wife, Elizabeth.

On another note, I am now one of those independents pushing Senator Obama on the democratic party. I suppose you have not considered how wonderful it would be to control both houses of Congress and have a President elected with much more than 47-48 percent of the vote. I also suppose you have forgotten that unless a third party candidate gets into this thing, democrats cannot win with 47-48 percent of the vote.

I may be an independent, but I love my country and my fellow Americans. I want universal health care. I want the quagmire in Iraq to end. I want a President who can speak and inspire his country and the world. I belong on your side of the table. If you must reject me just because I don't wear your particular label, by all means vote for Senator Clinton.
I am voting (and volunteering) for Senator Obama.

However, please know if Senator Clinton wins, I will not support her because my biggest issue is campaign finance reform -- one that Senator Edwards also holds dear. Specifically, it is critical that we remove the hold over Washington that special interest PACS and lobbyists have. Senator McCain is on my side of that issue. Since the future of America is at stake on that issue more than any other, I would have to gloss over all of the other concerns I have to cross over to his side should Senator Clinton be the nominee. I might also add that Senator McCain will not reject my support.

Obama '08. He wants to bring us together so that we can stand united, instead falling down divided.

On a side note-- my fiance has been a democrat all of his life and he, too, is voting (and volunteering) for Senator Obama. I suppose you will reject his support, however, probably saying something as absurd as he is so undemocratic as to marry an independent. By the way, neither of us could be called (or mistaken for) young people and both of us are of European descent. This is NOT a banana republic, we are all Americans. We can do this, YES WE CAN!

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MLF Orlando — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:57:18 GMT

This country is indeed as shallow and empty as it portrays by endorsing candidates just because of race and gender on the one hand. This election time is a terrible farce and I am sad to say the majority of people are so brainwashed that they are buying all this hogwash that will leave us all standing in the end and looking at each other asking what was that all about? I can only hope they will wake up and recognize that they missed their only opportunity of voting John Edwards in as the only chance of "change and integrity" but by then it will too late.

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destiny, chicago, il. — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:00:28 GMT

Still voting for Edwards February 5, why settle for second best, he is still on the ballot!

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Harry, Canada — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:13:38 GMT

I think John needs to endorse Hillary and get her word on the Health Care Plan. I think this is the single most important thing John can still achieve. he and Obama are really different on this so here is your chance to make history John and bring Health care to all American..DO it now John

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Susan Lewis Columbus, Ohio — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:13:53 GMT

Thank you John. You are the best there is, and always will be.
You will be fine, but America will not be fine without you.

Thank you again.

Susan Lewis

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kerry zaputz, chicago IL — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:25:53 GMT

John, you are a smarmy, unctious charlatan. Go back to your mansion, consult for hedge funds, and chase a few ambulances for fun. You were able to fool ignorant jurors in North Carolina, but most Americans could see you for what you are, which is as I have stated above. I hope you disappear from the public eye for ever. Good riddance!

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M. S. Chatsworth, CA — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:25:32 GMT

I am voting for John Edwards tomorrow. He is the candidate I voted for in the last primary, Of all the Democratic candidates on the ballot, I believe the Republicans would have a hugely difficult time defeating him because of his authentic concerns and his tremendous plans for universal health care, greening our future energy sources and ending this national crime of occupying Iraq.
The article does little to illuminate why he suspended his campaign, which is my biggest question. I hope Mrs. Edwards is feeling well, and that his entire family is aware of how much love and support they continue to generate across the country.

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Javier Amador, Hillsborough, NC — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:01:13 GMT

I when out today, after a few days stuck on my computer. I had to stop bacause I am, after a long jurney, buying a home for my family.

While I was on the run with all things related, I could not stop thinking about John Edwards. Once again out there in a very indiferent world, and my reality, a low income parent. Used to be look down by many most of the time, then I remember John. His fight for my cause, his commitment, I walk with my head up once again. I wanted to thank all of you brothers and sister, you see, I am a parent, and because of John's inspirational work, now I can look at my children on their eyes and say, I am going to fight to give you a better life, better than the one I had. I am also an immigrant and a proud citizen of this nation. I do not take anything for granted...and just like John, I am the son of a mill worker.

On behalf of my children thank you John Edwards you still bring us hope.
My voice is my vote, my vote is my conscience, I am voting for Edwards.

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Deborah63 — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:07:25 GMT

clinton and obama supporters are so very rude.....why would i ever vote for your candidate?

they will both lose the GE

I will be voting for edwards
he is the only one leading on all the issues
and since he only suspended his candidacy he is
not out of the race and could come back at any time
and will have his delegates how ever few at convention
as a symbol of the voice he allowed me to have.

I want to look my children in the eye and tell that that i did what my parents did for me and their parents before them, and that is to leave this world a better place than where i found it.

and at the end of the day i have to go home and live with my conscience

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Joe, Houston — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:08:04 GMT

Good Posts! Thank you Kristy! Really inspired me to go vote in the primary afterall and cast a vote for John Edwards anyway. I hope others do as well. Hell, i must be dreaming to think enough Americans would see his passion to lead this country in a new direction. Though, I guess it's better than the current reality (media) choices . To carry your words forward Kristy. One America? Vote for John Edwards!! I'm in!!

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Apparently Just Fine, America — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:09:00 GMT

You know, throughout this campaign, I have noted a tone of petulance amongst those covering Edwards - when Edwards got any coverage at all. I am grateful to Ms. Edwards for this piece, because I can finally understand *why* so many of the Edwards Press Corps loaded their stories with subtle digs at the candidate. All this time, I thought that perhaps they were corporate-owned, water-carrying hacks. I'm so relieved to learn that, in fact, they were just spoiled and lazy!

The same quality that built resentment amongst the Edwards press corps is precisely what so many voters valued in him. You see, out here in "the other America," a lot of us are accustomed to having to work all the time just to try to keep up with the advantages others have handed to them.

Yeah, it really *is* unfair that the Fred Thompson set has it so much easier, innit? Guess what? If you'd been paying attention to Edwards's message, you would know that he was working for those of us who aren't always given the easy breaks. He was the champion of working people, who are used to "cozy conditions," overwork, and yes, even the occasional cold.

I'm sure the reporter didn't mean to come off as a sullen and childish brat, too wrapped up in herself to see the true impact of the Edwards campaign, or her own complicity in the cheapening of American political discourse. Hopefully, though, she will take some time to "rest up" from the difficult labor of her last few months work and subsequent flight home and/or Mardi Gras. Afterwards, perhaps a solid session of self-reflexivity will lead her to evaluate the impact of the Edwards campaign beyond this navel-gazing appraisal. Then she might re-evaluate her glib assessment that America is, and will be, "fine" following John's withdrawal.

My journey with Edwards

Mike Evatt — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:20:49 GMT

Thank you Johnny Reid Edwards you gave hope to the hopeless, voice to the voiceless and you made Seneca SC so very proud to be called the place of your birth. Sen. Edwards your message was right, it was just a few years too soon. Not quite enough folk hungry, not quite enough vets homeless, and not quite enough sick poeple in the emergency rooms. Yes, John you are right to have focused on these areas that we can do better in and thank you for forcing them to the forefront my friend. I used to not think we could affford health insurance for every child in America, and then I see how much money we are spending over in Iraq and how many lives are destroyed in the interest of big oil; and I say how can we not afford to take care of our very own? Go rest up John and take care of your family, there will come a day when America will call and my prayer is that you will be there ready and waiting for the call my good friend. GWB is going to dump this mess off on one of the final four and they, like Hoover, will inherit 8 long years of Harding and Coolege and when the Hoover days come we will stand and vote in lines that stream through out the land for the populism of John Edwards and his message of hope and inspiration we need to put America back on her feet as FDR did after his failed VP run in 1924. When much is given, much is demanded. Sen Edwards you will be fine and one day over the horizon you will rise to give us hope yet again, and maybe this time the glamor and glitz will not overshadow the best person for the job and we will nominate and elect a man for the people and by the people, not just the media hype and glamor.

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Lee, NYC — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:34:32 GMT

MM, sorry John Edwards does not live with Obama, Obama is a phony. It's too bad people are trying elect another GW Bush to the White House.

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John, Sturbridge, MA — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:59:34 GMT

Thank you, Tricia for the story. Many people keep accusing John Edwards of not being genuine but when he really didn't matter anymore (because he was quitting the race) his actions as described above and the fact that he brought attention on the plight of the homeless and poor one last night should be evidence that he was sincerely committed to his cause.
America lost a great leader with his withdrawal. I hope that he is given another opportunity to serve this country again later.

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Mike Evatt Seneca SC — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:03:24 GMT

I will NOT be alright, not until poverty is addressed like John Edwards was focusing like a laserbeam into the heart of the problems where candidate after candidate takes feed from a trough of PayDay lenders and allows them to go unchecked while working people are taken advantage of and I will not be alright until justice rolls down like MLK Jr sopke of where people are still taken advantage of and some, even with the same color of skin, take money from the poorest amoung us like these title loan folks and slumlandlords do! No, I will not be alright when you can still charge the janitor or maid the same or lower tax rate than the CEO, no I am not alright when a war continue to kill and mame my children and your children all in the name of Big Oil and muilti-billion dollar contracts. Yes, America needs John Edwards and now you please go rest high on the mountians in NC because our work is just began my good friend borned here in Seneca SC. Thank you for your tireless campaigning over the past year and now you enjoy Jack and Emma Claire and Cate and Elizabeth. We will need you again and sooner rather than later should these problems and others not be addressed. Still for John Edwards, I am still.

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Brett, Pittsburgh, PA — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:08:11 GMT

Thanks for covering him dude- I talked to afew of you in Iowa and realized most the press, even FOX people, are fairly awesome people- it's a shame your bosses don't give you guys more freedom to decide what hits the air.

In Solidarity,

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Mike Evatt Seneca SC — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:11:59 GMT

My journey with Edwards

Mike Evatt Seneca SC — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:11:59 GMT

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Mike Evatt Seneca SC — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:12:00 GMT

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Lawrence Frabotta — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:31:50 GMT

Obama is the only truely inspiring candidate of change. His well thought out arguments that everything does not eminate from Washington but from streets & backyards of America, have brought together people from both sides of the isle & all political & social economic backrounds to have a civil debate on the direction we should take our great country going forward. This typ of discourse is unpresidented in our time. We should be ushering in this new era of political inclusion not devision with open arms. His speaches have inspired many to feel like they can be part the process & the discussion. I hope americans seize the oportunity to take back there government with a man like this.

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Lisa Fortier, Concord, NH — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:58:52 GMT

I'm proud to say I voted for John in the NH primaries and will write him in come November. No candidate is perfect and they are all attorneys who have probably worked for someone they shouldn't have. How much do you think Hillary spends on makeup or Obama on suits? I thought John's heart was in the right place. It is supposed to be "We the People" not "We the corporations". I was disgusted by the way the media(big corporations)try to manipulate the way people vote by ignoring candidates. I thinking they should making polling illegal and primaries should be closed so there is no switching so there is no monkey business. The political process has become a big joke.