Reply #53: Edwards is the least likely target of a spontaneous "lone crazy" mailing. Here is why.

[McCamy Taylor]

What about the "love your neighbor message" angers the right wing rank and file so much?Edwards is most "Christian" of the Democratic contenders by far. His emphasis on disparities and poverty and bringing the focus away from foreign war and back to domestic problems makes him sound like a Sunday school teacher sometimes, especially with that deep Southern accent.

I can see the Republican Party being angered by this. Do they think he would peel away their base if he was in the general election? Do they think that it is unfair that he is stepping on their turf?

However, the guys in suits in the Republican Party are not the same as the rank and file at home.
I doubt that these mailings are the work of lone crazies. I can not see lone crazies attacking John Edwards or being angered by what he says or who he is (a white Christrian rich guy with a wife with terminal cancer). The guy has a low negative profile compared to Hillary and Obama. That means that rank and file Republicans and Independents are not worried by him.

I can see Republican operatives organizing a calculated plan to make it look as if it is too dangerous to Edwards and his family to stay in the race. I can also see AGAG's DOJ ignoring the campaign of intimidation.