What is the difference between media perception and reality? Well, for the better part of a year the media has focused on 2 celebrity candidates.
Even after beating one of the celebrity candidates in Iowa (hint, it was Hillary Clinton), the media focused on two. Even after poll after poll show competitive races in Nevada, South Carolina, and other states, the media focuses on two.
Well, the reality is that there are 3 candidates, but only one who will fight to save the middle class and has led the field with the boldest agenda for change – John Edwards.
EDWARDS LEADS ON WHAT REALLY MATTERS:
John Edwards' Policy Proposals Have Shaped the Debate
BILL PRESS: "For Bold, New Ideas in this Campaign, John Edwards Leads the Pack." [The Hill, "Pundits" blog, 10/30/07]
GRIST.ORG: "Edwards Has Played an Indispensable Role in This Campaign," Leading on Policy and Making It Safe for Other Candidates to Strengthen Their Policy. [Gristmill blog, 10/11/07]
RICK KLEIN: Edwards Has Been the "Overriding Policy Voice," Forcing Opponents to Follow on Iraq, Health Care and Tax Policy. [abcnews.com, 8/31/07]
PRESIDENT CARTER: Edwards Is Most "Comprehensive and Accurate" Candidate on Addressing Environment, Health Care, Poverty and Rural America. [msnbc.com, "First Read" blog, 8/29/07]
EZRA KLEIN: Edwards "Elevated" Debate on Policy. [www.prospect.org, "Tapped" blog, 8/15/07]
KRUGMAN: Democrats Are Offering "Lots of Substance" with "John Edwards Forcing the Pace." [New York Times, 8/6/07]
KRUGMAN: "Edwards Has Struck a Clear Populist Agenda" and Has Pushed the Party "in a Strongly Progressive Direction." [PBS' "Open Mind," aired on WNET on 11/24/07]
ABC's RICK KLEIN: Edwards "Opened a Commanding Advantage in the Race for Ideas." [abcnews.com, "The Note," 7/26/07]
WALL STREET JOURNAL: "Edwards, Trailing Rivals, Holds Sway Over Party's Agenda." [Wall Street Journal, 7/20/07]
THE ECONOMIST: Edwards' "Policy Ideas Are Shaping the Democratic Presidential Race," Forced Opponents to Be "Both Bolder and More Detailed." [The Economist, 7/19/07 ]
ABC's THE NOTE: Clinton Followed Edwards' Lead on Taking Several Stances. [abcnews.com, "The Note's Sneak Peak," 7/13/07]
POLITICO'S MIKE ALLEN: "John Edwards Continues to Shape the Debate in the Race." [politico.com, 7/12/07]
MSNBC: Clinton Following Her Rivals Rather than Leading on Many Issues; Questioned Her Leadership Claims. [MSNBC, "First Read," 9/17/07]
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