An Edwards New Year: Photo and Video Essay
Happy New Year to everyone! I'm in Iowa volunteering for the Edwards campaign. I had a memorable New Years Day, and this will be my photo and video essay. There won't be much text in this diary,...
View ArticleWhy I Will Support John Edwards through the Convention and Beyond
I've been away from my home for three weeks. I was in New Hampshire helping the Edwards campaign, then I went to Michigan for Christmas, then I was in Iowa for the caucus. It was a lot of fun, and a...
View ArticleWhy Kerry was wrong in 2004, and Edwards was right.
OK, John Kerry. It's time for a reckoning. Where's my money? Where's my Democratic president? And where's my country?Let's review all the reasons why John Kerry was wrong and John Edwards was right in...
View ArticleNevada Race a 3 Way Statistical Tie - Edwards a Very Close 3rd
This is going to be a very short diary, because I just want to give Edwards supporters on Daily Kos some excellent news.The race for the Nevada caucus is in a statistical dead heat, according to a new...
View ArticleEdwards Evening News: Nevada Pre-Debate Edition
Tonight's really big news is the Democratic debate tonight at 9 P.M. Eastern/6 P.M. Pacific on MSNBC. If you're like me and don't have cable, you can watch it here. Join us here for discussion!
View ArticleUPDATED: Edwards Greeted By Large Crowd After Successful Debate
Today, John Edwards was greeted by what I would have to assume was a larger than usual crowd at one of his town halls -- 1500 people in Reno. After last night's debate performance, I guess some of them...
View ArticleEdwards Campaign Manager Bonior: Thank You to Netroots for Money Bomb
For everyone who so generously contributed to the grassroots fundraising effort yesterday, David Bonior has a very nice thank you post on the Edwards blog.He says Friday was one of their best...
View ArticleUPDATED: Edwards MLK Day Speech: "We Can No Longer Stand Silent"
John Edwards spoke today at the NAACP's King Day rally at the Dome on the grounds of the state Capitol in Columbia, South Carolina. He spoke passionately about the importance of speaking out for all...
View ArticleEdwards Evening News: Steamy Hot Adult Edition - UPDATED
My title made you look!"...what I was trying to do was represent the grown-up wing of the Democratic Party last night."-John Edwards to David Letterman, in reference to Monday night's Democratic...
View ArticleLetter from MLK III to John Edwards: A Video Illustration - UPDATED
By now, you may have heard about the letter that Martin Luther King III wrote to John Edwards earlier this month. Then again, perhaps you haven't. The media has not covered it much.Here's my favorite...
View ArticleEdwards Evening News: The Fight For Justice Continues
I think we all know that tonight the real news is the South Carolina Democratic Primary, but while we await the results, we can hang out here and share other news of the day. Whatever happens tonight,...
View ArticleEdwards Evening News: The Fight Has Just Begun Edition
I don't know when our party began to turn away from the cause of working people, from the fathers who were working three jobs literally just to pay the rent, mothers sending their kids to bed wrapped...
View ArticleJohn Edwards Endorses NOBODY (so far)
Well, it seems like some people in the Obama camp may want to mislead you on this, so I want to let everyone know that John Edwards has endorsed NOBODY at this time.Former North Carolina Sen. John...
View ArticleWhy I'm Still Voting for John Edwards Tomorrow: UPDATED
As I write this, I realize that John Edwards met with Hillary Clinton on Thursday, and is meeting with Barack Obama today, so an endorsement may well be coming before I vote tomorrow. on Saturday,...
View ArticleEENR for Progress: Health Care is a Human Right
Health care is a human right. In my own definition of the progressive movement, I count that as a basic progressive principle.For various reasons, from my own personal perspective, it is simply...
View ArticleCongressional Poverty Scorecard - Anti-Poverty Legislation Blocked
On Monday, the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law released its 2007 Congressional Poverty Scorecard. The President of the Center, John Bouman, noted that in states with the highest poverty...
View ArticleA Beginner's Research on Tibetan Buddhism and History
In one of those synchroncities that sometimes occur in life, shortly before I began to hear about the current unrest in Tibet, I had begun to read a book called The Essential Dalai Lama: His Important...
View ArticleEENR 4 Progress Endorses Jerry Northington for DE (aka our friend possum)
Here at the EENR team, we realize that the key to getting progressive reforms enacted is a progressive Congress. To that end, we continue to seek out and endorse the best progressive candidates. We've...
View ArticleJohn Cusack put my review of War, Inc. on his MySpace blog
I'm so stoked. John Cusack cross-posted my review of his movie War, Inc. from Progressive Blue to his MySpace blog after I sent him the link in a comment. Thanks, John. Just for that, I'm crossposting...
View ArticleThe Fair Share Challenge: What Taxes Do For Me
Do you buy food? Do you use roads? Do you breathe? Are you reading this right now? Then you're using tax dollars. Kossacks, this is your invitation to join the Fair Share Challenge! Are you tired of...
View Article
