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BigBearJohn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 06:47 AM
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"We are Seabiscuit," Edwards said, referring to the famous race horse that beat the odds.

Democrat John Edwards urges New Hampshire voters to overturn Iowa results


MANCHESTER, New Hampshire: Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards implored New Hampshire voters Friday to repudiate the Iowa caucus results and vote for a candidate "who will fight for the middle class" against corporate interests that he accuses of moving jobs overseas and making health care expensive.

Edwards, who narrowly edged out Hillary Rodham Clinton for second place behind winner Barack Obama in Iowa, said New Hampshire voters "now have two choices," implying Clinton is out of the running. Without naming his rivals, Edwards suggested he would wage a populist agenda more energetically than would Obama as he addressed about 300 campaign workers and supporters at a dawn rally in Manchester.

Edwards and his advisers saw Iowa's results as a clear call for political change in America after two terms under President Bush. Their goal is to focus the choice between Edwards and Obama, and then portray Obama as too tepid and conciliatory.

The key question, he said here, is "are we willing to fight the corporate greed that has an iron-fisted grip on our democracy?"

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spindoctor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 06:54 AM
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1. How original. n/t
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cyclezealot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 07:01 AM
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4. I knew Edwards constantly steals Kucinich's lines
This proves it. Long has this been a Kucinich logo. Edwards needs Kucinich in the race. From whom else would he steal his ideas.
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CJCRANE Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 06:57 AM
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2. Huckabee also said that (about himself) after Iowa.
Edited on Sun Jan-06-08 07:05 AM by CJCRANE
On edit: But as the race has just started, Edwards' comment might be more appropriate.
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sendero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 06:59 AM
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3. Edwards..
... is right. He's the right man for now.
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JustABozoOnThisBus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 08:46 AM
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5. I hope he's Seabiscuit ...
and not just fodder for a glue factory.
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BigBearJohn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 07:10 PM
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6. Me too!
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