Al From and Harold Ford (Carville's Friend) diss Edwards

[Leopolds Ghost]

I thought everyone should see this.

It's woth pointing out that Jack Cafferty and several commentators made
statements praising Hillary for standing up to Edwards' criticism
and literally mocking Edwards saying: "I'm sure your words will
come back to haunt you when you're eventually rejected by the Democratic
electorate." (!!!) Wolf was nonplussed, as Edwards was about to come
on the show!

Other print media types keep coming on MSNBC saying Edwards is not a
serious candidate, that his Iowa showing was a fluke.

Here we see two establishment Dems praising ALL THREE candidates for
rejecting the left:

rucognizant wrote:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2671142&mesg_id=2672502

37. John Edwards .............

Has just been dismissed by the likes of AL From at the DNC, & Harold Ford, who couldn't even get enough votes in his district to be a COngressman, AGAIN, the last time around!
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/11/dlc-leaders-cut-edwards-out/?ex=1200718800&en=a6496113633697f3&ei=5070&emc=eta1As

As would be expected, the two gentlemen from the Democratic Leadership Council on a conference call today told reporters they’re very confident in their party’s chances of reclaiming the White House, they’re happy that substantive issues are being discussed…

And then Al From, the D.L.C. founder, said he was “very happy about the two candidates” Americans are considering.

Only two candidates?

Our ears perked up as we listened on.

“This is a really hard choice, really, for Democratic voters because they like both candidates,” said Mr. From. “For me, I don’t see that going to be a problem. I think in the end, Senator Obama’s appeal that he’s made very firmly and directly to independent voters, and Senator Clinton’s appeal to the forgotten middle class are going to add up to a very smashing Democratic majority in the fall.”

“This is not uncommon in primaries to see this kind of passionate support for one’s candidate,” added Harold Ford Jr., the D.L.C. chairman and a former Tennessee congressman.

Well, O.K. But what about John Edwards? He beat Mrs. Clinton in Iowa, as one reporter pointed out, but Mr. From still doesn’t think Mr. Edwards is viable.

I’m not going to speculate where the Edwards people go because I don’t know, to be honest with you. I think Edwards has run a hard, tough campaign. It’s not a, you know, he doesn’t take the tack that necessarily I agree with. What we’ve seen so far in this campaign is optimism. …

I think what you’re saying is that this is moving into a two-person race and that people in the race have been optimistic and hopeful, and I think that bodes well for the party because in the end, as long as I’ve been in politics — and I’m a lot older than 37 — the optimism always beats pessimism.

During the rest of the call, the two men said they were pleased that none of the Democratic candidates supports a single-payer health care system, that they are all taking the environment seriously, and that they’re focusing on national security — a strength that Mr. From admits, “we’ve not always had.”

[madrchsod]

1. move on- nothing to see....is there?

people here at du thought it was really funnny when the msm took out dennis in the first debate. edwards is just a bit different cause they know they can`t diss him like dennis so they won`t "mention" his name...it`s really disgusting

[leftchick]

2. The DLC is a mighty force

and will choose our next candidate. Again. :(

[cynatnite]

3. I've never thought Edwards was a serious candidate...

because he's so far behind Hillary and Obama. Don't get me wrong...I like Edwards. He's my second choice over Obama, but he's not going to win the nomination. It'd take a miracle at this point, IMO. I'm an atheist. I don't believe in miracles.