--- In [email protected], "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of mainstream20016 > Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 11:41 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Does Hillary= A 3rd Bush Term?' > > > > Edwards will probably win Iowa, and deserves strong consideration > nationally, but attacks > from both parties on Edwards following an Iowa win will be incredible. > Thanks for keeping > his candidancy alive in Iowa. Were he for single-payer health insurance, > rather than the > scam 'Universal coverage' program that virtually guarantees insurance > companies more > profits, I'd consider him a pure populist. > > I asked Dan Sheehan about this tonight and he said that Edwards does favor a > single-payer system, but feels it couldn't be accomplished abruptly. His > plan includes options, one of which is akin to a single payer system. He > feels that most people would choose that option, paving the way to a > full-fledged single-payer system. > >
Rick, you did well with the single-payer question and the other 4 questions you asked. After hearing Sheehan's statement of support for Edwards, and the rationale for Edwards' viability nationally, it seems that Edwards has the highest probablility of any of the 'outsider' candidates to make a real difference. I particularly liked how Sheehan differentiated Edwards from the other Dems.; from day one, the middle class has Edwards as their advocate. He starts his agenda with the middle class in mind. The other Dems, deeply indebted to the establishment, by default start their agenda in service to the establishment, diluting middle class influence.
