Edwards Blasts Bush, Vows to Cut Lobbyists' Power

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=584&ncid=584&e=3&u=/nm/20040222/pl_nm/campaign_edwards_dc

CLEVELAND, Ohio (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards (news - web sites) on Saturday skewered President Bush (news - web sites) for taking money from companies with lucrative contracts in Iraq (news - web sites) and vowed to bleed the power of Washington lobbyists.


The North Carolina senator, who is running a distant second in polls to front-runner John Kerry (news - web sites), is portraying himself as a Washington outsider as he campaigns in a strategic selection of some of the 10 states that will hold potentially decisive votes on March 2 for the Democratic nominee to challenge Bush.


After a series of recent campaign stops focused on job losses in hard hit manufacturing areas, Edwards told a crowd of about 1,000 in Minnesota that special interests must be reined in if working and middle-class families are to be heard.


"Let me tell you what we ought to do with these Washington lobbyists: we ought to cut 'em off at the knees," said Edwards, who refuses campaign contributions from lobbyists.

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1. SMACKDOWN

Smackdown the war profiteers!!!!

http://www.wgoeshome.com

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2. I like Edwards when He talks about cutting the power of lobbyists

This may hit home with most thinking Ameicans.

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3. Gee, what a nice article...basically printing up his stump speech.

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4. Wasn't this idea what got Dean in trouble? n/t