Edwards may or may not be most electable, but he's sure as hell electable.

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Wed Oct-31-07 07:02 PM
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Edwards may or may not be most electable, but he's sure as hell electable.

Edited on Wed Oct-31-07 07:04 PM by Kerry2008

In another thread a poster, whose reputation here on DU is they like to get reaction out of other posters more than stating actual facts, made a thread stating John Edwards was unelectable. Normally I'd let this kind of behavior on DU go. It's what I'm used to these days on DU. It's the status quo here. But something struck me: this poster didn't state any real reason why he's unelectable?

The reason he had no reasoning behind such a vicious attack thread?

John Edwards IS electable.

Very much so, too.

Proof? First off, polls suggest Senator Edwards can hold his own against Republicans rivals and is very much electable. Secondly, he's connecting with voters with common sense proposals like universal healthcare for every American, fighting poverty, college for everybody, raising the minimum wage, and providing a stable foreign policy that ends our involvement in the war in Iraq and makes America the moral leader in the world again. Third of all, Senator Edwards has vowed to use Howard Deans 50 state strategy. And Edwards, Southerner and populist, is very able to compete in states like my home state of Missouri and others that weren't competitive in the last two elections with Kerry and Gore.

It's funny the poster who made that other thread said how electable Senator Clinton is. With all due respect to Senator Clinton, whom I admire and like, Edwards isn't polling with such strong negative numbers when questions are asked about if you would elect someone President like she is. Clinton has very high negatives and is very polarizing. And while she leads national polling, which is meaningless, Edwards still leads where it counts...not who wins the money race or the media attention race. Howard Dean was leading in polls and rolling in cash in 2004 as well. But who is winning when it comes to issues. Edwards has had the boldest and most comprehensive plans and ideas. And he's been the most honest and open about where he stands, and what he'll do as President. That matters to people.

Polls are showing things are tight in Iowa. I believe Edwards has the best organization in that state, and still has a lot of support left from his second place finish there in 2004. Plus he's been to all 99 counties talking to voters, and has connected very well with the voters there. Despite the recent small lead Hillary holds there, Iowans have always ignored polls and frontrunners and gone with their gut. They've regreted being told whose the frontrunner and whose the nominee, and go their own path. I think they will again in this election as well. And just like it did for John Kerry when he beat Howard Dean in Iowa in 2004, this could very well help Edwards boost forward and win the nomination.

Edwards is electable. As is Hillary and Obama. Most electable? That's debateable. But electable? Absolutely. And any attempt to say otherwise better come with real proof and evidence, and not just an attack thread aimed at gaining reaction from other posters. Immaturity doesn't prove anything.