A Rovian talking point emerges: Edwards only getting 'matching funds'

[StefanX]

Be on the lookout for people who are now attacking Edwards for NOT accepting corporate donations. This is a Rovian framing tactic -- attacking someone precisely because of their STRENGTH.

The fact that Edwards doesn't take corporate money is one of his STRONGEST points. It means that he'll do what WE say, not what the corrupt and criminal corporate lobbyists say. I think we've all learned the hard way over the years what happens when you vote a politician into office and he stops listening to you and starts listening to his corporate cronies instead.

Poor Edwards, running neck-and-neck in the primaries on one-sixth of the money Hillary or Obama have. How would you decribe this situation? I'd say: "Edwards getting six times the bang for his buck -- has one-sixth the money of the two media darlings but is still a front runner."

How would a Rovian frame this? They'd raise their "concerns" that Edwards being limited to spending "only" 50 million dollars between now and August with his "matching funds" won't be able to get his message out.

Looks to me like he's getting his message out pretty good to the people that matter -- to the voters.