Dwarfed by the drama of the Obama's resounding victory in South Carolina and Ted Kennedy's resultant Obama blessing ~ John Edwards has become the mysterious stranger who came to town with his positive vision of the future ~ who just as abruptly left town but not before he made a lasting impression: Allen L Roland
John Edwards was my first choice this year and my favorite ticket was an Edwards/Obama ticket but Obama's resounding win in South Carolina along with the recent Kennedy blessing has swept over Edwards like a fast rising tide.
Edwards had already caught the need for change as witness by his speech after the Iowa caucuses when he said: "the status quo lost, and change won."Later his remarks were even more astute when he was asked if he was surprised by the results in Iowa: " I actually am not that surprised. People were looking for something different - looking for change. I mean Senator Clinton to many is the status quo, and people are tired of the status quo. And as is well known she was and has much organization and money as she had - she still finished third ! I think what that is - is a very powerful indication of a wave for change in this country, and I think what happens now is we go to New Hampshire and other states where the voters are going to have to decide who - between myself and Senator Obama - can best bring about change. "
The media froze out Edwards because of his open threat to the establishment and corporate interest groups but John Edwards left a lasting impression on this election campaign.
Politics are like the ocean tide and when it changes ~ everything changes or disappears including candidates.
The Onion satirically takes note of this political reality and calls Edwards the mysterious traveler, from another planet, who visits a small hamlet in New York with his vision of the future ~ but is America listening to Edward's vision? See this amusing two minute Video of this political phenomenon and then vote for the only other true candidate for change ~ Barack Obama ; http://www.theonion.com/content/video/mysterious_traveler_entrances
Also see Tom Hayden's recent endorsement of the Obama movement and his acknowledgement of John Edwards and the role he has played in driving the Democratic Party towards a progressive agenda.Allen L Roland http://blogs.salon.com/0002255/2008/01/30.html
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Allen L Roland is a practicing psychotherapist, author and lecturer who also shares a daily political and social commentary on his weblog and website allenroland.com He also guest hosts a monthly national radio show TRUTHTALK on www.conscioustalk.net
