Archive for 'John Edwards'

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006

Kos: Obama Wins, If He Runs

So sayeth the Nutroots® prophet:
Standard caveats aside (it’s early, we don’t have a set field, blah blah blah), it’s hard to see how Barack Obama loses the nomination barring scandal or the mother-of-all gaffes.
I’ve been working up a few scenarios given the primary calendar (which isn’t set in stone, with states like California looking to […]

17 Comments » - Posted in Al Gore, Barack Obama, John Edwards, Bill Richardson, John Kerry, Democratic Candidates, Hillary Clinton, Election 2008 by Mark

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Monday, December 4th, 2006

Peter Brown: Don’t Forget Edwards

He didn’t impress me in 2004, God knows, but Peter Brown of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute says that John Edwards impressed enough Democrats that he has to be taken seriously:
[T]he real reason that Edwards needs to be taken seriously is that he made a good first impression on the American people, especially among Democrats […]

7 Comments » - Posted in John Edwards, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Candidates, Election 2008 by Mark

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Saturday, December 2nd, 2006

A Quick 2008 Snapshot

It’s clear to me that my old candidate profiles and odds are no longer operative, given the recent activity in the 2008 race.  We’ve had some declare, some withdraw, and the odds have shifted.  From where I sit, the quick view is this.
Two candidates, one Democrat and one Republican, hold the keys to this election.  Each candidate […]

3 Comments » - Posted in Al Gore, Mike Huckabee, Condoleezza Rice, Barack Obama, John Edwards, Newt Gingrich, Joe Biden, John Kerry, Republican Candidates, Democratic Candidates, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Election 2008 by Mark

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Sunday, November 19th, 2006

Pew Poll: Giuliani, McCain Neck And Neck

In the race for 2008, the latest Pew Poll finds John McCain leading narrowly among independents (32-30%), but Rudy G. has the lead among Republicans (27-26%).  Condi again shows much stronger than I would have thought in 3rd place; I would think her ties to Bush would have just about dashed her 2008 hopes, but […]

No Comments » - Posted in Condoleezza Rice, Barack Obama, John Edwards, Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, Republican Candidates, 2008 Polls, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Wednesday, November 1st, 2006

It’s Lieberman By 12…

…in the latest Quinnipiac survey:
The good news for Lamont is that he has cut Lieberman’s lead by 5 points. The bad news for Lamont is that he still trails by 12 points, which is about where he has been since his Democratic primary victory in August,” [said Quinnipiac University Poll Director Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D].
If Lamont […]

1 Comment » - Posted in John Edwards, 2006 News, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots®, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Thursday, October 12th, 2006

Is It Hillary By Acclamation?

It sure will be if John Edwards is the toughest rival she faces.  Michael Barone looks at the fallout from the Warner withdrawal:
Mark Warner announced this morning that he’s not running for president. As Prince Metternich asked when informed that the Russian ambassador had suddenly dropped dead, “What can have been his motive?” I suppose […]

7 Comments » - Posted in Joe Lieberman, Mark Warner, John Edwards, Al Gore, Russ Feingold, Democratic Candidates, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Election 2008 by Mark

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Sunday, September 24th, 2006

The Iowa Poll: Clinton Viewed Unfavorably By 49%

Hillary’s presidential campaign seems to be in real danger of running out of steam, and that’s bad news for Democrats, as, if the primaries were held today, the number one candidate would appear to be the not-ready-for-prime-time (and horrible campaigner) John Edwards:
Today’s Iowa Poll of the 2008 race for president in the Hawkeye state ought […]

5 Comments » - Posted in Mitt Romney, John Kerry, Bill Frist, John Edwards, Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, Republican Candidates, 2008 Polls, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Wednesday, July 19th, 2006

More 2008 Polling Data

Again from Gallup; for the Republicans, it’s Rudy at 29%, McCain at 24%, and everyone else way, way back…for the Democrats, it’s a replay of 2000 with Clinton and Gore - but don’t forget 2004! Edwards and Kerry aren’t far behind…and Mark Warner at 2%? I guess hiring accused stock manipulator Jerome Armstrong and […]

12 Comments » - Posted in John Kerry, Al Gore, Mark Warner, John Edwards, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots®, Rudy Giuliani, Republican Candidates, 2008 Polls, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Wednesday, July 19th, 2006

Gallup: Rudy G., John Edwards Most ‘Acceptable’ Nominees

More good news for Rudy: his perception (reality?) as a moderate doesn’t hold as much water with Republicans as McCain’s.  Whereas 4 out of 10 Republicans don’t view McCain as an appropriate standard bearer, that number drops to 25% for Rudy, who is considered ‘acceptable’ by 73% of Republicans to McCain’s 55%.
Inexplicably, John Edwards leads […]

13 Comments » - Posted in Rudy Giuliani, John Edwards, John McCain, 2008 Polls, Republican Candidates, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Monday, July 10th, 2006

Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places

Yesterday, I asked if an anti-poverty campaign could take John Edwards to the White House (I don’t believe it can). Ryan Sager highlights a definite losing strategy:embracing the socialists…
Speaking of stupid moves, C. W. Nevius says Zinedine Zidane has now become the new Bill Buckner…

No Comments » - Posted in John Edwards, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots®, Celebrities / Pop Culture / Sports, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Sunday, July 9th, 2006

Can Fighting Poverty Elect A President?

Can a new version of Lyndon Johnson’s War On Poverty catapault a hopeful into the Oval Office? I think it’s doubtful…it’s admirable that this is the issue John Edwards has chosen as his signature, and it’s definitely a good thing that he has put aside the loathsome ‘two Americas’ soundbyte that did nothing so much […]

7 Comments » - Posted in John Edwards, Democratic Candidates, Election 2008 by Mark

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Sunday, June 11th, 2006

Is Edwards NOW Ready For Prime-Time?

Because he sure wasn’t in the 2004 campaign. His ‘two Americas’ speech was populism at its most boring, and he never failed to deliver the same message no matter the forum. He was brutalized by Dick Cheney in the VP debate, and his petulant refusal to concede on Election Night was viewed by […]

3 Comments » - Posted in John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, 2008 Polls, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Thursday, March 23rd, 2006

ABC’s Invisible Primary Ratings

I’m having a real ‘why didn’t I think of that moment’ as I look at the inaugural installment of ABC News’ Invisible Primary feature:

The Invisible Primary refers to the jockeying for supremacy in the contests to be positioned to be the major party presidential nominees between now and start of the actual caucus and primary […]

11 Comments » - Posted in Mike Huckabee, John Kerry, George Allen, Mark Warner, John Edwards, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Democratic Candidates, Republican Candidates, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Election 2008 by Mark

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Monday, March 6th, 2006

George Will on John Edwards

The conservative icon takes a look at the Edwards 2008 bid here; he’s not impressed, it’s fair to say:
When Democrats wonder what red states Hillary Clinton could turn blue in 2008, the wondering does not help Edwards, whose presence on the 2004 ticket did not sway his own state: In 2000 Bush beat Gore-Lieberman in […]

5 Comments » - Posted in John Edwards, Democratic Candidates, Election 2008 by Mark

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Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

The Marist Poll: Dead Heat For Republicans

It doesn’t get better than this for political junkies…earlier, we looked at the latest 2008 poll with respect to the Democratic ticket; now, we take a look at the three-way tie for the Republicans. At the top of the elephant heap, we see the following:
Condoleezza Rice: 22%
Rudy Giuliani: […]

7 Comments » - Posted in George Allen, Mike Huckabee, Al Gore, Condoleezza Rice, John Edwards, John Kerry, Mitt Romney, 2008 Polls, Republican Candidates, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

Marist Poll: Hillary Dominates Dems

Some interesting results from the most recent Marist Poll on the 2008 election. Hillary leads big (40% of Democrat-leaning respondents would support her as the nominee), with John Edwards second at 16% (Al Gore moves into second if he’s included, with 17%, and Hillary drops back to 33%). More than half of Democrats […]

5 Comments » - Posted in Condoleezza Rice, Al Gore, Mark Warner, Evan Bayh, John Edwards, John Kerry, Rudy Giuliani, Republican Candidates, 2008 Polls, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Saturday, July 9th, 2005

Candidate Profile Twenty-Three: John Edwards

I can still clearly recall, in the summer of 2002, a conversation I had with a very liberal friend. Surveying the political landscape on the Democratic side, I told him the nominee would be either Kerry or Edwards. I didn’t know much about Edwards at the time, but he was a young, good-looking son of […]

12 Comments » - Posted in John Edwards, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Monday, May 23rd, 2005

Edwards To Use War on Poverty as Springboard for 2008

John Edwards is showing all the signs of a presidential candidate as he makes the rounds of southern states with the goal of eradicating poverty. A noble goal to be sure, but it sounds an awful lot like his ill-received ‘two Americas’ boilerplate from 2004. He’ll have to do better than that if he wants […]

3 Comments » - Posted in John Edwards, Uncategorized by Mark

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Sunday, May 8th, 2005

A Slew of 2008 Links

All of a sudden, real attention is beginning to be shown to the 2008 race; I’m not sure what to make of it - probably the whole proposition has gotten so expensive that the hopefuls are already beginning to fish around for buzz and donors. In any event, here’s a few from just the […]

7 Comments » - Posted in Mitt Romney, John Kerry, George Allen, John Edwards, Rudy Giuliani, Hillary Clinton, Election 2008, Democratic Candidates, Republican Candidates, Uncategorized by Mark

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