The State: John Edwards campaign- Close to do or die

[Colobo]

On the issues, John Edwards says he should have the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination wrapped up.

For starters, the U.S. economy is on shakier ground now than it was four years ago when Edwards ran for president, decrying job losses due, he said, to the North American Free Trade Agreement.

“We’ve all seen what happens with these trade deals,” he said recently.

But a clearly frustrated Edwards, the Seneca native who is running third in his native state, said his message has been lost in the media glare given two “celebrity candidates.”

More attention is focused on whether he’ll quit after Saturday’s Democratic primary than on what he’s saying.

Campaigning across South Carolina, Edwards has made it clear that if he were president, it would be unacceptable for 47 million Americans to not have health insurance. He also promises a swift end to the unpopular Iraq war and more focus on the problems of middle-class Americans.

On Tuesday in Conway, just days before voters cast their ballots in Saturday’s primary, Edwards was driving his points home.

“What Bush has been doing is strengthening the top of the pyramid, but not doing anything to strengthen the foundation — middle-class working families,” Edwards told 200 or more people who had turned out to hear him on a cold morning in a circa-1900 warehouse.

But, on his bus later, nursing a hot cup of coffee, Edwards says, “I can’t get my message out.”

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[jackson_dem]

1. This rag called Edwards a phony last year

[Kittycat]

2. I agree that it's wrong he's getting so little media coverage.

I was proud to see that KO gave him some much deserved time tonight :)