With the Iowa caucuses only five days away, John Edwards is turning up the heat on Barack Obama as they vie to become the surviving "Not Hillary" candidate for the Democratic nomination. Edwards lambasted Obama's adviser David Axlerod's silly linkage of Hillary Clinton's 2002 vote for the Iraq War Resolution to Benazir Bhutto's assassination, and Obama's own belief he can forge a great national compromise on controversial issues. Jake Tapper reports for ABC News:
Friday morning at a forum for undecided voters in Independence, Iowa, Edwards repeated his implicit criticism of Obama, saying any candidate who thinks he or she can invite corporate America to the table and achieve real results for Americans "is living in never-never land."So he believes Barack Obama lives in never-never land?
"If he believes that, yes," Edwards said.
Read the whole article at the link above. I think Edwards is scoring with these criticisms, but they may come too late in the campaign to move many votes in Iowa. Many people are still in a post-Christmas recovery period, and not paying particular attention. The early caucus date shifted the end of the campaign into this holiday season when people have priorities other than politics.
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Who is Rielle Hunter?... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Wayke | December 29, 2007 11:39 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Who is Rielle Hunter?
1. Posted by Wayke | December 29, 2007 11:39 AM |
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Posted on December 29, 2007 11:39
2. Posted by COgirl | December 30, 2007 4:05 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Edwards is still looking for something that will "stick". He will finish in the top 3 in Iowa, might survive in New Hampshire, but not much beyond that. He may actually have to fall back on being an ambulance chaser again or perhaps just being a good husband and taking care of his sick wife. Where is Elizabeth these day btw?
2. Posted by COgirl | December 30, 2007 4:05 PM |
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Posted on December 30, 2007 16:05