Posts filed under “John Edwards”
False Pretenses
Via TPM, MSNBC interviewed John Edwards‘ campaign manager David Bonior at the DNCC. Here’s the video: I think Josh has it right, Bonior sounded very raw. He probably put in (and watched others put in) 20-hour days for more than a year in hopes of landing Edwards the nomination, only to learn after the fact [...]
I’ll Take My $2300 Back Now, John
Report: Edwards admits to extramarital affair – CNN (8/8/08): Former U.S. senator and Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards admitted Friday to an extramarital affair. He denied being the father of the woman’s child, as had been alleged in tabloid reports. “In 2006, I made a serious error in judgment and conducted myself in a way [...]
Heartbreaking
(no link yet) By Julianna Goldman May 14 (Bloomberg) — John Edwards, whose own bid for the Democratic presidential nomination ended in January, will throw his support behind former rival Barack Obama, the Illinois senator’s campaign announced. Edwards is scheduled to endorse Obama at a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, this evening. Edwards, 54, quit [...]
Edwards to Drop Out
Not surprising, still shitty: DENVER (AP) — Democrat John Edwards is exiting the presidential race Wednesday, ending a scrappy underdog bid in which he steered his rivals toward progressive ideals while grappling with family hardship that roused voters’ sympathies, The Associated Press has learned. Obviously I have extensive thoughts about this. And with the “luxury” [...]
Senator Clinton And President Clinton
John Edwards made an interesting choice of words in last night’s concession speech in South Carolina: I want to join Sen. Clinton and President Clinton in congratulating Sen. Obama. Now the three of us move on to February 5th where millions of Americans will cast their vote and help shape the future of this party [...]
Swami Anonymous
A friend emailed me on December 30, and said: Edwards will win Iowa by 4-5 points. The media will then act like it was a forgone conclusion citing the false fact that he spent the whole last 4 years there. I wanted to post this now, so that if it does indeed come to pass, [...]
Please Beseech With Me
I’m worrying a lot that Obama might win the Democratic nomination. This has nothing to do with my personal feelings about the weakness of Obama’s … platform, I guess, for lack of a better word–the whole feel-good “I will bring this country together again by the magnificence of my rhetoric and the magnetic force of [...]
Lapel Patriotism
In the interest of fairness and honesty, I have to go on record commending Barack Obama‘s decision and reasoning regarding not wearing an American flag lapel pin. This is a stupid sidetrack from the campaign, but rather than giving a bullshit political answer, Obama echoed one of our main points here, that “patriotism” has been [...]
Not Later, Now
As the 2008 Democratic field started taking shape in the days after the 2006 election, I was most focused on Al Gore running and John Kerry not running. Kerry still hadn’t properly answered for the utterly pathetic campaign he ran in 2004, but was making noise about a run on the strength of his email [...]
By Any Means Necessary
It’s unfortunate that the only way John Edwards can get coverage is to literally buy it, but he made it count. Transcript: This week – as we will forever – we remember those lost on September 11th. And this week, Washington refocuses on Iraq. But the question of Iraq is separate from September 11th – [...]