Reply #134: Feingold has a few good points

[fujiyama]

about Edwards and his rhetoric not completely matching his senate vote record.

But Edwards is bringing up issues that Hillary and Obama are not - particularly that of poverty. And he strikes me as quite sincere about that. Actually Edwards was running a fairly populist campaign in '04, as well, focusing largely on the economy, though not nearly as sharp as it is now.

Either way, I don't get Feingold targeting Edwards in particular. His record is no worse than the other two. Actually, all three have a very similar record on the economy and trade. All three have voted for free trade agreements. Obama is the only one of them to vote against a bankruptcy "reform" bill that has come up (the more recent version). Edwards and Clinton voted for a version in '01 (this was the same bill Bill Clinton had vetoed for while president). But to be fair, Hillary was with Bill while he was having surgery during the more recent bill's vote, but I'm not familiar if she has stated how she would have voted.

Ultimately, I don't understand how Hillary's (or Obama's short senate record which largely mirrors her's) corporate friendly record is any better than Edwards.