Edwards Voted For War Authorization On Advice Of advisor's?

    In a new book which is to be published in June by Simon & Schuster, Democratic strategist Bob Shrum writes that presidential hopeful John Edwards was pushed into voting for the Iraq war resolution by his advisors who were looking out for Edwards political future.

   Shrum says that he regrets telling Edwards to vote yes on the authority giving Bush the war authority and that if he would have listened to his instincts instead of the professionals, he would have been a stronger candidate back in 2004.     Source

Edwards said he had "no idea" what meeting Shrum was talking about. He said he hasn't read the book, so he could not address specific details.

"It was not a political calculation," Edwards told reporters after an appearance at Bennett College in Greensboro, N.C. "It was a mistake."

But Shrum said the consensus among the advisers was that Edwards, just four years in office, did not have the credibility to vote against the resolution and had to support it to be taken seriously on national security. Shrum said Edwards' facial expressions showed he did not like where he was being pushed to go.

   It would seem as if John Edwards has learned alot since 2004 as he has become much more outspoken since then and he has grown some attitude. Good for you, Mr. Edwards!

 

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NYT Poll Doesn't State The Obvious On Bill Clinton

  The New York Times did a few more outtakes on their recent polls in today's newspaper and they stated the obvious facts. But they did forget something.

One other place where there was a notable, though not exactly shocking divergence, in the views of Republicans and the electorate at large: Former President Bill Clinton. Mr. Clinton’s unfavorable rating among the general public was at 38 percent; but 76 percent of Republicans said they had an unfavorable view of him.

   This is all well and good but I guess that it slipped past the NYT people that if 38 percent of the general public had an unfavorable rating on Bill Clinton, then 62 percent had a good view of him give or take a few points.

   As far as the Republicans are concerned, they have an unfavorable view of anyone who isn't a Republican so their opinions should not count in a poll such as this.

 

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