Hello all,

  I hear frequently of Obama's ability to motivate and persuade people of all kinds to see his point of view therefore allowing him to make these great accomplishments. Let's check one the progress of his major bills he trumpeted Jan of 2007 vs. the Kucinich Impeachment bill shall we?

Hello all,

Obama made an attack on Edwards regarding the 527 commercials running about Edwards. See below..

Well at least ONE person is talking about how to fix the economy. Too bad it is not someone ALREADY in Washington.

Hey all saw this diaried on another blog and wanted to share.

Seeing as how the Dems made a serious rout of the Republicans recently in the Red States I thought I would discuss this a bit more. Just to update those who may have missed this story. It looks like a lot of those "flyover states", "hopelessly red", "redneck", "bubba" states decided to kick the corrupt Reps out of office.

I know it is bad form to do two diaries in a day but I am sick of the racism crap being thrown around here about Edwards. So to bring some facts to the issues ( I know how much SOME people hate that)

To counter the article that areyouready mentions I am going to put some of the text it here.

Which of these statements are racist? Which are sexist? Or which are merely political? "We can't make John black; we can't make him a woman. Those things get you a lot of press, worth a certain amount of fundraising dollars," says Elizabeth Edwards. "I guarantee you African-American turnout if I'm the nominee goes up 30 percent around the country, minimum," says Barack Obama. "I know there are people who either say or wonder, 'Would we ever elect a woman president?' And you know, I don't think we'll know until we try," says Hillary Clinton. Generally speaking, most of us think it is OK to make appeals for votes based on race or sex -- just as long as you are in a minority group or are a woman. But you can't raise fears based on race or sex. You are not supposed to say, "Hey, a black man cannot win the presidency in 2008. A woman cannot win the presidency in 2008." And you can't, of course, say: "Vote for me because I am white" or "Vote for me because I am a man."

If it is OK for Obama or Hillary to refer to their race or gender as a positive then is that not also discriminating against those that aren't? At the end of the article it states this:

Even more interesting is the fact that Edwards is not really more "middle of the road" politically than Obama or Clinton. So is Edwards subtly saying he is able to make "more of a connection" to middle-of-the-road voters because he is white and a man instead of black or a woman? Peter Wallsten of the Los Angeles Times quotes Garnet Coleman, a member of the Texas House of Representatives, who is black and an Edwards supporter, saying of Edwards, "He has to be diplomatic. He doesn't want to make it seem like he believes that an African-American or a woman couldn't govern the country. It'd be real easy for someone to come out and say he's being insensitive to women and African-Americans." The question is not, however, whether Edwards is implying that a woman or an African-American can't govern. He is not. The question is whether he is implying that he would have an easier time getting elected than an African-American or a woman. If Obama can go around the country claiming that black voters will turn out for him in great numbers because he is black, why can't John Edwards claim that white voters will turn out for him in great numbers because he is white? If Hillary Clinton can say she will attract the votes of women who want to prove that a woman can become President, why can't Edwards say he will attract the votes of men who want a man for President? Because you're not supposed to, that's why.

You're making a huge leap to saying this article says Edwards is racist.

Hmm I saw some people stating that Edwards has not unveiled any new plans this week other than the Hunting/Fishing one. I think he heard you.

Hey all just saw this on his website.

Edwards also officially received the endorsement of the CA SEIU today as well.

Also here is his statement on vowing to get more Dems elected.