Bloggers Appreciate Edwards' Appreciation of Net

In New Hamphire
Photo by Aldon Hynes

Note that the people asking the questions sound like “professional press.” But they are not. They are average citizens who got to come backstage before his townhall meeting.....

Robert Scoble

SEE FULL VIDEO OF JOHN EDWARDS' TOWN HALL MEETING IN DES MOINES, IOWA DECEMBER 28, 2006 (By Joshua Brown)


As I reported a couple days ago, Robert Scoble is 'touring' with Senator John Edwards as an embedded blogger. Talking about a town hall meeting last night in Iowa, he says,

...1,500 people packed a hall tonight to hear John Edwards speak with almost two years to go before the general election. The rest of us usually would just ignore this stuff cause there’s no way to engage or make your own impact.

Jake Ludington appreciates Senator John Edwards' new way of campaigning. Speaking about Edwards in Iowa last night, Jake posted:

Quotable John Edwards

On Iraq:

"enormous mistake to adopt McCain doctrine to escalate war in Iraq"

"tell the truth about what happened in the past and what's happening now in Iraq"

"we have an enormous responsibility to humanity"

On humanitarian issues and global warming:

"we need to be willing to sacrifice about something other than just war"

"be willing to conserve... be willing to not be an excessive consumer of energy"

"show what we're willing to do in the U.S. to be an example"

Jake's video of John Edwards in Iowa December 28 being interviewed by a handful of bloggers.




NEW HAMPSHIRE
DECEMBER 29, 2006


New Hamphire this morning
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Photo by Aldon Hynes

The photo above is of Senator Edwards' appearance in New Hampshire this morning. After he spoke, there was a bloggers' Meet and Greet with Sen. Edwards. There was a good crowd and there are some posts going on at the local blogs. Check out Blue Mass group and
SooapBlox.net. At Blue Mass, commentator JC Sinclair makes rough notes on Edwards' Iraq position:

Totally opposed to the escalation. Men serving are heros, not in favor of cutting off funding that would put the men at risk. Need hearings, loud vocal opposition.
Region could become unstable no matter what we do. Believes only solution for Iraq is political..

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