Right There In River City: Edwards Spinning Out

The spin notwithstanding, the tires on the Edwards bandwagon are flat. Guarino nailed it. I am therefore taking the good doctor's advice, and leaving well enough alone.

I more than appreciated the "Music Man" analogy, Joe;) After all, River City was in Iowa.

Update: More (spot on) thoughts from Doug Clark (about what sets Edwards apart from Obama in 2008): "Could it be that this time, Edwards' rhetoric seems to emphasize fear over hope, division over unity? That Edwards is appealing to anger and envy, trying to build resentment against "those people" in Washington or wherever who supposedly are holding ordinary Americans down?"

I think that if the man had not believed his own hype . . . if, in 2004, he had stayed in the Senate and done a better job (as one of "those people in Washington") of representing ordinary North Carolinians (say, like this Pediatrician - screwed in public service - who pleaded for his help) . . . if he had paid any kind of real "dues" . . . he might have some credibility and perhaps a fighting chance.

Now, he's barely blowing enough hot/stale air to play those 76 trombones.

Update #2: Another good Edwards zinger from Pat Buchanan (courtesy of Everest over at Guarino's): "The guy that gets $400 haircuts and lives in a mansion can't play the guy with a hoe . . . "

We're not a bunch of jurors: hand-picked, locked in a room, bored out-of-our-skulls, and divorced from reality.

The razzle-dazzle doesn't work.