"You have a choice"-Edwards

Cliff posted the campaigns' closing videos. Edwards' was far and away the best.


I'm not sure what's going to happen tonight, but Edwards has run a terrific campaign to date. The corporate media has chosen to ignore him, which has been frustrating, but Edwards has brought the issue of the influence of money over politics into focus in this campaign. I hope he is able to remain in the campaign for that reason. He's also focused on the economy and what it means to workers.

I realize that the conventional wisdom is that the campaign is about Iraq. But I don't think that's true so much in the primaries, where the differences aren't as sharp. The general election will be largely about what to do in Iraq, and if the GOP adopts the Bush position on Iraq, they'll lose in a landslide. But I think Democratic voters have to make a choice among candidates based on economic issues. So far, Edwards is the only one consistently making the pitch for working families, and making an issue of poverty in America. I hope that earns him votes tonight.