We've got to do our part...

John has battled, under extreme circumstances, to stay within reach of the nomination and it looks like he may pull it off but the votes haven't been counted and anything can happen between now and then so he will need to depend on us to watch his back.
Someone wrote, the other day, that if John Edwards isn't our candidate it will be our lose not his. Let's not let that mistake happen...

Open Letter to John Edwards: Get Ready, John,
They're Going to Come at You with All Barrels Blazing

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Posted December 31, 2007

John Edwards, you better have a strong stomach and a steel rod in your spine. You're going to need it because it's going to get ugly, and you're going to be the target of the ugliness. You hung tough, didn't fade in the polls as some expected and hoped, and now you are poised to make a big showing in Iowa. Now that that's the case, they're going to come after you with all barrels blazing.

The 'they' is not just the gaggle of ultra-conservative slam artists, the Fox network crowd, talk shock jocks, the Wall Street Journal neo-con columnists, and The New York Times neo-neo-liberal bunch. The 'they' is also Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and the Democratic Party shot callers. They will slander, slur, and outright frontally assail you. As long as you were a bare afterthought, warm up act to Clinton and Obama, nobody cared.

These two mediagenic darlings have hogged the glare of the media and the public, and with Clinton, it's loathing and vitriol and with Obama, it's curiosity and fake adoration. But John, you quietly, patiently did your homework. You courted the Democratic Party chairs and leaders in Iowa, hammered away on the need for universal health care, a revamped farm policy, labor protections, against corporate pillaging, and most importantly, the disgrace of endemic poverty in a nation of plenty.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/earl-ofari-hutchinson/open-letter-to-john-edwar_b_78902.html?load=1&page=2#comments

Rise up People...

Now's the time and John Edwards is the man...

He's gonna make a great President!...

John is coming back at the right time. I believe his momentum will carry him through Iowa. He is the one true candidate, running a campaign as it should be run, he's the candidate who will restore the Democratic party to it's former glory...

Edwards Takes Back Lead in Iowa

A new InsiderAdvantage poll in Iowa shows John Edwards leading among likely caucus-goers with 30% support, followed by Sen. Hillary Clinton at 26% and Sen. Barack Obama at 24%.

This is the first poll to show Edwards ahead of his rivals since summer.

Key finding: Edwards holds a significant advantage "among a group who could be key to the first contest of the presidential year: those who say their first choice is someone other than the top three. Under Iowa Democratic Party rules, candidates who poll less than 15 percent in the first vote at each caucus around the state are eliminated, and their supporters get a second chance to vote for another candidate."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2007/12/18/edwards_takes_back_lead_in_iowa.html

John Edwards on Campaign Finance Reform

This man should be our next President!...

Edwards on top...

First Place

John Edwards -- Although his endorsement from Congressman Bruce Braley did not come as much of a surprise (Braley was a strong Edwards supporter in 2004), it will certainly help assuage fears among his supporters that his candidacy has lost its momentum. And, as revealed Monday morning on a conference call, the former North Carolina senator has recruited multiple precinct captains in 87% of Iowa's precincts, demonstrating the continuing superiority of his grassroots organization.

Second Place

(tie) Hillary Clinton -- In our first Power Rankings, Clinton ranked third, but she has shown many signs of life recently that indicate she deserves a higher position. Her husband campaigned for her in Eastern Iowa last week, helping to shore up her supporters there; and she herself has spent time on the ground in less likely places reassuring leaners that she still takes Iowa seriously. Although her more aggressive attacks on Sen. Barack Obama may damage her already-low second-choice support, they should also reassure her supporters that she deserves their time and effort on caucus night. And the entree of Emily's List's new voter outreach program may be a help, as well.

(tie) Barack Obama -- Upward Momentum -- Polls have confirmed what we have felt anecdotally for a long time: that Obama's message resonates equally well among women as it does among men, and that's before Oprah Winfrey has even arrived. The gender and age gaps both show signs of closing, and his campaign's crowd-building skills are unparalleled. His subtle criticisms of Clinton over the past month have forced Clinton to issue less subtle criticisms of her own, perhaps demonstrating the direction her campaign sees the race heading. If any candidate will usurp Edwards's first-place position between now and January 3, Obama appears best positioned to do so.

Fourth Place

Joe Biden -- Upward Momentum -- Biden has mastered the art of retail politics better than perhaps any other candidate in the race, and it shows not just in his campaign events but also in his organization's ability to capitalize on social networks and the political capital of his endorsers. His base is more likely than any other candidate's to actually attend the caucuses, and his second-choice support continues to increase.

Fifth Place

Bill Richardson -- Richardson has a large staff that has been building lists since June, but he lacks support from traditional activists and politicos around the state, as evidenced by his very short list of state legislative endorsements. His staff will not be able to do all of the necessary work for getting out the vote alone. And although he is committed very seriously to grassroots campaigning, he is unpolished and inconsistent on the stump.

Sixth Place

(tie) Chris Dodd -- Dodd's campaign has been promising from the start, but his second-choice support still seems far stronger than his first-choice support. FIrefighters have been working diligently across the state to support him, but he will need a major shake-up in the race in order to advance. His focus on other candidates' votes on bankruptcy "reform" legislation is promising, but attacking Edwards, Clinton, and Biden may cost him more than he gets in return.

(tie) Dennis Kucinich -- Kucinich spent little to no time in Iowa in the first nine months of the campaign, but over the past week he has spent at least some time reaching out to his base of supporters from 2004. Although he has likely started too late in the game to build a strong organization, he may have shown enough signs of life here to reassure small factions of the electorate that he deserves their support.

Eighth Place

Mike Gravel

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chase-martyn...ng_b_75147.html