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John and Elizabeth Edwards Co-Launch the Iraq/Recession Campaign

by: Benny

Mon Feb 25, 2008 at 18:14

John and Elizabeth Edwards may not be on the 2008 presidential campaign anymore, but they are on a different campaign: making connections between the costs of the Iraq war and our weak economy.  

Elizabeth Edwards, who is good about making constructive criticism of the media, observed that reporters

"certainly don't cover the connection between the issues," she said the American people see there is "undoubtedly a connection between oil, the costs of transportation in this country, and this war."

(source: Will Thomas, HuffPo)

Thus, a new cause to spotlight, and the Edwardses are back fighting for the American people.

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Wes Clark Got 2 Steps Ahead of the Netroots

by: Tom Rinaldo

Tue Sep 04, 2007 at 14:29

General Clark went well beyond the mainstream Democratic Party in preemptively positioning himself, and those who stand with him, to confront a growing threat to peace, and also to our Party. For those who picked up on Clark's stance early the lag between him sounding an alarm and more people hearing it has been hard to accept, but as hard as it's been for the netroots to take that danger in, compared to the institutional Democratic Party they have been relatively quick to respond.
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