I take a back seat to no one in insisting we must right the errors of the last 6 years of Bush-Cheney. But one of the most egregious errors is the endless perpetuation of political divisions in Washington and, indeed, in communities all across the country. And saying that “You have to take them on. You have to confront them. You have to beat them,” whomever the “them” of the moment might be, is the worst kind of political business as usual.

To rift on one of John Edwards' own  pet phrases, we can't just trade our red meat for their red meat and expect to truly change politics and government in this country. People are crying out for someone who can expunge political poison from Washington and actually start to get things done after the Bush years of drift and decay. A big part of the knock Hillary Clinton gets is that she's too divisive to win, and, even if she won, too divise to govern effectively. That may or may not be true. But when I read comments like those made by John Edwards as quoted above, I have to wonder what is the real problem some have with Hillary Clinton.

I haven't made up my mind about which candidate to support in the caucuses. But stories like this make me increasingly disillusioned about John Edwards.

~iPol

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iPol: The Personal Prounoun, as applied to politics.

More and more Iowans, and voters are going to pick up on this, as the election gets closer and people pay more attention to what the candidates are saying and doing – and what they aren't saying and doing.

Brillant performance.

Daughter of the Secretary of the VA under Nixon,1969-74.

Brillant performance.

Daughter of the Secretary of the VA under Nixon,1969-74.

More and more Iowans, and voters are going to pick up on this, as the election gets closer and people pay more attention to what the candidates are saying and doing – and what they aren’t saying and doing.

I take a back seat to no one in insisting we must right the errors of the last 6 years of Bush-Cheney. But one of the most egregious errors is the endless perpetuation of political divisions in Washington and, indeed, in communities all across the country. And saying that “You have to take them on. You have to confront them. You have to beat them,” whomever the “them” of the moment might be, is the worst kind of political business as usual.

To rift on one of John Edwards’ own  pet phrases, we can’t just trade our red meat for their red meat and expect to truly change politics and government in this country. People are crying out for someone who can expunge political poison from Washington and actually start to get things done after the Bush years of drift and decay. A big part of the knock Hillary Clinton gets is that she’s too divisive to win, and, even if she won, too divise to govern effectively. That may or may not be true. But when I read comments like those made by John Edwards as quoted above, I have to wonder what is the real problem some have with Hillary Clinton.

I haven’t made up my mind about which candidate to support in the caucuses. But stories like this make me increasingly disillusioned about John Edwards.

~iPol
http://ipol-2008.blo...
iPol: The Personal Prounoun, as applied to politics.