Paul Cigno, recipient of Karita Hummer's Silver Pen Award for "Bear with me on this!"

Recipient of Karita Hummer's silver Pen Award

(Paul Cigno and I are members of SCV 4 Edwards and when he wrote this to me, I thought it was really a great analysis and I wanted to share it for the blogosphere! Karita Hummer)



SCV4Edwards


Bear with me on this



I have a video from Crooks and Liars where GOP smearmeister Frank Luntz interviews a group of conservatives from New Hampshire last night after the Republican debate. None of them were impressed with it, in fact the only person that came out a some kind of a winner among them was John McCain.

Please read the rest of this post and then follow this link:
http://movies.crooksandliars.com/fox_debate_voters.mov

What does what I've written above have to do with John Edwards? The thing that they liked about McCain was that they saw him as informed and 'concise' (you can nearly make a drinking game out of all the times you'll hear that word in this video). Well, that describes John, it's the thing that probably drew most of us to him in the first
place. He says what he is going to do and we trust him to walk the talk. He's standing up for his values and is clear on the course he wants to take, he's not running on style points.

Edwards is the real deal as he sticks his neck out when he says that we need politically regulate and limit the same corporate influences such as Goldman Sachs whom he consulted for in 2005 and to make them pay their fair share in taxes to help out with our health care system (hopefully paying less then what they do now for providing that same service). He tries to create a conversation among Americans about what it is that they really want. He projects real leadership.

The upshot of this post is that all across America, this is what people are looking for and Edwards has been all about a leading a united America from back in 2003. I think that more than a few conservatives may well be ready to get on board with someone who truly proposes change, even if it means trying a new approach to things. We had an era where we saw Reagan Democrats become GOP faithful (in a way, I was part of that myself). I say we are just as likely to create a generation of Edwards conservatives. Watch the video and tell me if it doesn't sound like these people are pining for the kind of leader whom they may even be willing to change their world view for.



Paul,

You are so right on the money here!! Absolutely, Edwards has a knack for reaching across divides, even with progressive programs, because of his genuinenss and how he speaks to the common heart in all of us. Great thinking and excelelnt strategizing. This is what we need. Elizabeth Edwards spoke of this phenomenon, that when Americans were asked who was more conservative, Edwards or the other candidates, they answered Edwards! Interesting. I feel like Reagan Democrats are coming home and that is Edwards populism and anti-corruption and anti-cronyism that is catching their attention.

Keep up the good thinking, Paul.

Karita