Edwards Reconsidered By Norman Solomon

[helderheid]

There have been good reasons not to support John Edwards for president. For years, his foreign-policy outlook has been a hodgepodge of insights and dangerous conventional wisdom; his health-care prescriptions have not taken the leap to single payer; and all told, from a progressive standpoint, his positions have been inferior to those of Dennis Kucinich.

But Edwards was the most improved presidential candidate of 2007. He sharpened his attacks on corporate power and honed his calls for economic justice. He laid down a clear position against nuclear power. He explicitly challenged the power of the insurance industry and the pharmaceutical giants.

And he improved his position on Iraq to the point that, in an interview with the New York Times at the start of January, he said: "The continued occupation of Iraq undermines everything America has to do to reestablish ourselves as a country that should be followed, that should be a leader." Later in the interview, Edwards added: "I would plan to have all combat troops out of Iraq at the end of nine to ten months, certainly within the first year."

Now, apparently, Edwards is one of three people with a chance to become the Democratic presidential nominee this year. If so, he would be the most progressive Democrat to top the national ticket in more than half a century.

The main causes of John Edwards' biggest problems with the media establishment have been tied in with his firm stands for economic justice instead of corporate power.


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http://pdamerica.org/articles/news/2008-01-03-10-39-05-news.php

[Tennessee Gal]

1. k & r

Very good points. Kucinich people should read this!

[helderheid]

2. thanks for the recs!

[MH1]

3. Most progressive to top the ticket in more than half a century?

Hardly. (even if you take Edwards' current rhetoric as indicative of his core politics, which I don't)

Tells me what I need to know about Norman Solomon.

[helderheid]

4. I doubt that.

[helderheid]

5. kickety

[helderheid]

6. Norman Solomon's latest book is "Made Love, Got War: Close Encounters with America's Warfare State."

Norman Solomon's latest book is "Made Love, Got War: Close Encounters with America's Warfare State." For more information, go to: www.normansolomon.com

[CorpGovActivist]

7. Interesting Read!

Thanks for posting this!

: )

- Dave

[chimpymustgo]

8. Wow. I posted this at 12:23 (same time) in GDP!!

Good sign, right?

Go Edwards!!!!!!!

[helderheid]

10. oh, I'll take it as such! Gave me goosebumps!

:hi:

[SammyWinstonJack]

9. K&R

:-)

[readmoreoften]

11. Edwards is my only hope.

I trust none of the others. I like Kucinich, but I worry about his showboating.

Edwards is the first real political hope I've ever had. Obama is the antithesis of hope to me. He is a hollow brand as far as I can tell.

[AzDar]

12. K & R...

:kick: