Reply #17: Edwards,the more you see, the more there is to like. Too bad the MSM all but shut him out [View All]

[McCamy Taylor]

for a solid year. Good for the Democratic Party that it did not allow Florida to jump to the head of the line. That was a GOP plot to shut Edwards out of the running for good, since he would have had a tough time competing in a big state like Florida with his one-on-one style and his limited cash reserves.

The current Democratic nominating system was set up after 1968 to allow voters to select a populist candidate who would draw the base to the polls. Sometimes it does not work, sometimes it does. It is more democratic than the alternative---picking a candidate in a smoke filled back room based upon the wishes of those with money. This election, we have seen more interference with nominating process than at any time since Nixon ran his dirty tricks against Muskey or Rupert Murdoch took down Gary Hart.

The MSM needs to learn that it has no power to control elections. It is not a king maker. It isn't even Pravda. It is just a pathetic excuse for an information source that no one trusts or believes anymore, and as soon as the first competitor shows up, people will shell out their hard earned cash for that, instead, and all of their most talented journalists will jump ship. And then they will learn that in a free market system, it does you no good to own a media conglomerate, if you have nothing anyone wants to buy.