Edwards' Rise Baffles Mainstream Media

John Edwards is making his closing argument with the voters of Iowa--and the media elites are having a hard time trying to understand why he is now drawing increasingly larger crowds. That comes through glaringly in today's New York Times piece by the apparently perplexed Adam Nagourney.

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Comments

[JPC46]

06:08 AM on 12/20/2007

MSM's fixation with making nice and not rocking the boat play away from Edwards' strength. The New Hampshire paper's claim, in endorsing Hillary, that he will not be able to work with corporate America is a perfect example. They just don't get it.

One or two percent of the population can do really well and make a lot of positive noise, but it should not drown out the struggles of the other 98% or 99%. We really do need a president who will fight for all of us, not just the top 2% with the promise that it will trickle down. Let's hope for a president who WILL work for the people and not worry about satisfying corporate America first.

[isis]

10:45 PM on 12/19/2007

Edwards is great.

[V4Vigilance]

08:34 PM on 12/19/2007

MSM re: Edwards:
"We keep beating on him... WHY. WON'T. HE. STAY. DOWN???"

[tililek]

04:17 PM on 12/19/2007

Just goes to prove what most of us think--that the media speaks and listens only to itself rather than listen to what the public at large knows to be valid.

[drauz]

04:16 PM on 12/19/2007

no one gives a damn about what the MSM thinks except the MSM. voters don't pay attention to bs (elections) until very close to the event. given the quality of our Nation's political discourse & the candidates, you can figure it all out in a few minutes anyway.

[Namtillaku]

03:57 PM on 12/19/2007

What baffles them is, they've spent hardly anytime on Edwards, what time they do spend talks about his hair, yet he's among the democratic front runners.

For more detail, read today's Glen Greenwald article...

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/

[CarlyCorday]

03:19 PM on 12/19/2007

I want Edwards. The majority of posters to blogs seem to want him, most want Kucinich and consider Edwards the closest thing to Kucinich who can actually win.

But our candidates are chosen in Iowa, New Hampshire, Florida etc, no? What choice does the rest of the country even have? We don't get to pick these guys. We're forced to wait until November and vote for (ALWAYS) the "lesser" of two evils.

Arkansas (where I am) always has a primary, but by the time it ccomes around, it's always already over.

[SCharb]

02:16 PM on 12/19/2007

To climb ten percentage points in one day, without any real breaking news, isn't really feasible. The poll is probably an outlier.

Even if Edwards is rising, he's not back on top.

Hopefully he can take from Clinton's fanbase instead of tapping into Obama's.

[OhPlease2007]

02:12 PM on 12/19/2007

Thank you for the great post. In my opinion, John Edwards is a good man who truly cares about all Americans, and is a great leader. I truly believe he is the best chance for Democrats to regain the White House and restore the American dream for average Americans. John Edwards is the real candidate for honest change in our nation.

Edwards '08!

[RDixon]

01:45 PM on 12/19/2007

Of course it baffles them.
Only Hillary and Obama are in the script.

Reality baffles those who live by a script.