Wednesday, October 06, 2004

Edwards keeps the Democrats' rally going

Runners Advance
Edwards keeps the Democrats' rally going.
By William Saletan
Slate
Updated Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2004, at 9:50 AM PT
http://slate.com/id/2107808/
Edwards 1, Cheney 0
Now are you sorry you didn't nominate this guy for president?

That's what I wanted to ask Democrats as I watched John Edwards knock Dick Cheney around the ring tonight. If the Iowa caucuses had been held two days later, Edwards might have beaten John Kerry there and won the nomination. Democrats might have been spared months of caveat-riddled circumlocutions that helped sour swing voters on their presidential nominee. We might have heard a clear Democratic message....