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Edwards Crowds Rise for 'America Rising'
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ABC News' Raelyn Johnson reports: As his eight day bus tour through Iowa winds down, John Edwards is starting to bring audiences to their feet when he talks about America rising.
“Every time we speak up for 47 million people who have no health care coverage, America rises," Edwards says. "Every time we speak up for 35 million of our own people who went hungry last year, America rises. Every time we speak up for 200,000 veterans who ware homeless and sleeping under bridges, America rises.”
It is a newly injected message that Edwards has been preaching to larger crowds than he’s previously attracted. It is met by applause and, at times, standing ovations.
“That rising is going to begin right here in Iowa on Jan. 3,” Edwards told caucus goers Sunday at a town hall in Colfax, Iowa.
With both candidates and caucus-goers focused on a cold night in January, Edwards pointed in the direction of the media gathered in the back of the room, predicting, “They all think they know what’s going to happen, they’re dissecting the polls. ... Wait 'til they see what’s coming.”
Having poured many of his resources into Iowa, Edwards acknowledges a win there could help him capitalize on victories moving out of the first-in-the-nation-caucus state. However, following the event, Edwards shot down the theory that he was a one-state candidate, telling reporters the characterization was “dead wrong.”
December 16, 2007 in Clinton, Hillary, Tancredo, Tom | Permalink | User Comments (7)
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VOTE Edwards as resident-he is NOT for big business...he will help the average income person to keep more of their money instead of high taxes like Replublicans like to do to us so they can give tax breaks to the rich.
Posted by: foxxy | Dec 17, 2007 10:18:03 AM
Please Please Please....
I don't think this country can survive any of the ideological elitism and corporate lackeys on the right, or the intellectual elitism and corporate lackeys on the left for another four years.
Both sides are doing irreparable damage to the middle and lower class. Edwards is the only real populist running with a chance of winning. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, media editors and readers...... pay more attention to this guy.
Goooooooo John!!
Posted by: Billy J | Dec 17, 2007 10:47:18 AM
Edwards is a breath of fresh air when compared to Bill and Hillary`s same old, same old Democratic party hacks and Lobbyists.
Posted by: Luke | Dec 17, 2007 10:53:00 AM
John Edwards is the only candidate who has the passion and conviction to bring about change in our country!
Posted by: Jana | Dec 17, 2007 1:29:52 PM
I supported Edwards in 2004. I support him even more strongly this time. He has the vision to make America great again, the passion and tenacity to fight for that vision and the skills to get the job done.
Posted by: Jay | Dec 18, 2007 12:05:33 AM
Add a key fact - the people who actually do not have insurance are constantly changing. People get insurance, while others lose it.
Nearly 82 million people – about one-third of the population below the age of 65 spent a portion of either 2002 or 2003 without health coverage..
Posted by: Stuartr | Dec 18, 2007 5:11:59 PM
Come Jan 3rd, John Edwards will again shock the pundits and the media elites. He is the only one who can easily defeat any of the current Republican candidates. He may not have the Oprah and Bill, but he will have the people of Iowa who take this process very seriously. They are too smart.
Posted by: Abdi | Dec 18, 2007 8:28:51 PM
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