Image by Shepard Fairey. The biggest problem I have with the Clinton legacy is its failure to articulate a strong defense of progressive values. I
I’ve been thinking a lot about Obama. According to Ezra Klein: his answer to arguments against consensus rhetoric [see my earlier post] is that his
For those who haven’t been following, Obama’s been doing his best to alienate the progressive left. That’s resulted in him butting heads with two of
If John Edwards is going to win the primary, he must first clearly differentiate himself from the other candidates. I’ve been worried that he has
Although it draws attention to his laggard fundraising, Edwards decision to accept matching funds means he’ll have more money than either Obama or
The text of John Edward’s Hanover speech reprinted in full (via Crooked Timber): Remarks as Prepared for Delivery: “To Build One America, End the
It may seem that Edwards is running a distant third to the two leading Democratic candidates, but don’t write him off yet. As you may remember from
Been lagging on my Edwards blogging, here is some catchup: First, Edwards announced a plan for the government to buy up drug patents and release
I haven’t been doing much John Edwards blogging since he announced his candidacy, but back in February I had bookmarked two articles about Edwards’
Steve Benen, who is guest blogging over at Political Animal, quotes John Edwards answering a question as to whether he would give balancing the
Last election bloggers, many of whom had initially supported the tech-savvy Howard Dean campaign, felt that they had to drag the Kerry campaign into
An article from last month’s Nation magazine talks about what Edwards has been doing this year, since he founded his Center on Poverty, Work and
Since it has now been officially announced, I’d like to throw in my endorsement: Over the next two years I’ll be writing an ongoing series of posts