PSoTD

He deserved WAY better treatment than he got from the press as far as depth and totality of coverage was concerned, and if only the press had been less "Inside Hollywood" about their approach and more "Inside Governance", this election could have been completely different. But we can say that every election. I think the linked article does give Edwards due credit for his push of issues into the race - and into both parties' primaries. But now the question is, with Edwards seemingly out of the race, will those issues - and the approach of taking on existing powers, rather than dealing with them - disappear as well?

I hope not. The tendency amongst politicians to scorn Edwards' points about corporate political power as "populism", instead of admitting it as an electoral power reality, is very discouraging to me. Those scornful politicians are not intending, and will not eventually, solve the problems that come with the gross imbalance of power between institutions and the flexible mass of like-minded individuals. We need people who will tackle the issue of big money, big lobbying, and the sense of a "governing class". These other people, those who scorn that very idea? They need to be washed out of the system, as quickly as possible.

So cheers to you, John Edwards. Perhaps you have decided that the best way to push your planks at this point are to leave them available to the two remaining contenders, and let them show the voters how much they believe in them, rather than have them argue against you. You open the field this way. I would have liked to have voted for you, but I still intend to vote for the candidate that seems most aligned on my positions on corporate/institutional political power and the Iraq War. It's down to two, now.