From Arthur II

John Edwards followed up his performance in the YouTube/CNN debate with a videocast afterwards in which he fielded some questions in a more relaxed format.

I continue to like Edwards, aside from the fact that he talks funny, because he seems to have a pretty good idea that the average joe in this country is pretty much being left behind. I personally believe that the health and welfare of an average citizen, actually of ALL citizens, is key to a viable and responsible nation. We've been flunking that test recently.

I also like that Edwards has been researched up one side and down the other by the hellhounds of the Bush 2004 campaign committee and the RNC and they apparently didn't find much. Or else it would have been splattered all over the country in political hit ads.

I have some concerns that a long-lost lesbian lover of Hillary is going to surface, or that Obama used to sell a bit of crack, or some similar indiscretion. With Edwards, if he can ever catch fire, I think what you see is pretty much what you get. The issue of opposition hit pieces is a tricky one, since the GOP would gather it and hoard it for use in the general election. so unless somebody spills the beans early, we will not know of a candidate's problems during the primary race.

To me, if you can settle for him, that makes Edwards seem like a safer bet. I really want to win in 2008, and carry things in something of a tidal wave so we can get things done in a hurry.

Arthur