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The Congressional Black Caucus forwarded two names to Barack Obama’s veep team: Sam Nunn and John Edwards. (Story at Townhall.) The Nunn pick is in line with what I wrote about the veepstakes in February:
Obama’s pick is a bit more difficult to game out. I think he’d also go for an older “statesman” type [...]

Sayonara, Silky.

First in the South.

If you thought gender card-wielding sisters Chelsea Clinton and America Ferrera were dumb, get a load of John Edwards and Tyra Banks commiserating on what it feels like to be a “minority white man” and a black woman. Identity politics: It’s stupefying!

Misty, water-colored memories.

Silky smooth.

Kiss of death?

Horse hockey.

Two Americas.

The lefty blogs are buzzing over the latest Lee Enterprises Iowa caucus poll showing a virtual dead heat among the top three Dem candidates:
A new Iowa caucus poll from Lee Enterprises newspapers shows the Democratic race is a virtual three-way tie, with John Edwards rising to tie Barack Obama for the lead and Hillary Clinton [...]

Bleeecch.

BOO!

Mr. Imaginary Tough Guy…or Mr. Emily Litella?

Welcome to John Edwards’ America, a land where Democrat presidential candidates demonize the businesses that made them rich. Via the WSJ today, a fresh look at silky hypocrisy. Headline: “Edwards, Foreclosure Critic, Has Investing Tie to Subprime Lenders:”
As a presidential candidate, Democrat John Edwards has regularly attacked subprime lenders, particularly those that have filed foreclosure [...]

Do as I say.

He was for taking Murdoch’s money before he was against it.

Feeding the nutroots.

Silky: The haircut story lives.

The American Legion smacks down John Edwards for his plans to politicize Memorial Day:
Democrat John Edwards’ call for voters to speak out against the Iraq war on Memorial Day has drawn criticism from a leader of the American Legion, who called the effort “revolting.”
In an e-mail message and on his Web site, Edwards asks supporters [...]

Well, this will get people to forget about his $400 Beverly Hills haircuts…
Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards told Michigan Democrats Saturday night that the United States must quickly get out of Iraq, which he called a “bleeding sore.”
“America needs to be leaving Iraq, this is very, very simple,” said Edwards, a 53-year-old former U.S. [...]

I noted yesterday that the Dems were flocking to Al Sharpton’s annual demagogue-a-thon this week. The photo above comes via the Boston Globe with the following caption:
Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards shakes hands with Rev. Al Sharpton after speaking during the ‘Keepers of the Dream Awards Dinner’ Wednesday, April 18, 2007 during the 9th annual [...]

The “rabid Republican” neighbor Elizabeth Edwards reportedly fears is going to be on Blog Talk Radio.

Bait and switch
NYPost reports:
“Democratic White House hopeful John Edwards’ team has been collecting e-mail addresses from supporters who’ve sent his cancer-stricken wife, Elizabeth, notes - and using them for fund-raising requests, aides acknowledged yesterday.
The link on Edwards’ campaign Web site invites people to “send a note to Elizabeth and John” and features a sad [...]

Ruh roh. Waiting for the nutroots to issue their “action alerts” to bully the CBC into pulling out…
Update: Here you go…

NYTimes notes: “This isn’t the first time the C.B.C. has paired with Fox. It did so in 2003 as a runup to the 2004 election cycle.”
Here’s the official Fox News announcement:
NEW YORK & WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–FOX [...]

Millions of viewers won’t watch the Democrats debate on Fox News, according to Politico.com.
This is victory?
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Will the Congressional Black Caucus cave, too?
Update - ICN has a statement:
Here is FNC VP David Rhodes statement on the news that the Nevada State Democratic Party caved in to left wing pressure and pulled out of the debate FNC [...]

World yawns. Kos crows.
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Nutroots action alert
Fox News Derangement Syndrome alert

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This is Richard Reed Pannell. He’s a student at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, VA. On Saturday, he was minding his own business, taking a shower in this house he shares with classmates…

…when an unhinged stranger–a raving leftist who had tracked him down on social [...]

Obama’s got it locked up. Phew. The suspense was killing me.
Obama’s also got the coveted Rep. Keith Ellison endorsement. And here’s vid of him smoothing out the ruffled feathers with Hillary.
At an Obama-less forum, the rest of the Dems talk amongst themselves. Bitterness, backbiting, backstabbing, and backtracking ensue. More from the NYTimes:
wo Democratic presidential rivals [...]

The other John Edwards nutroots shoe drops.
As usual, guess who’s getting blamed. More blame-the-messenger hysterics and hyperbole at–where else?–HuffPo.

Bryan Preston responds to McEwan’s claims of hate mail and death threats:
Blogs in general have a collective new dent thanks to the promotion of two of its worst to positions where they would attract mainstream coverage and [...]

All is not well in Ponyville.
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A blogger at John Edwards site wonders:

I think we know the answer. Dean Barnett underlines it:
As for Edwards, he looks irredeemably pathetic. There’s a simple reason for this - he is irredeemably pathetic. He hired someone who had no business being legitimated by a mainstream political campaign. He then bowed [...]