--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: **snip** > > Edwards did something that I consider rather dumb. He pulled a 36 hour > sleepless marathon leading up to caucus night, holding little meetings in > the middle of the night and bigger ones throughout the day. By tonight he > looked and sounded pretty fried. Obama stayed on a pretty good sleep > schedule, played basketball with aids this morning, and was out to dinner > with his family when the news came that he was projected to win. This thing > is a marathon, not a sprint. Burn yourself out at any point and you run the > risk of giving a lackluster speech that may haunt you, getting the flu, etc. > **end**
Edwards didn't have much choice except to do that type of marathon because it was so important that he pull out a win in Iowa. And I thought that his post-caucus speech (not a concession speech at all) was fine. Obama had the easier position from which to give a speech, obviously, but it still had a sense of being a defining moment in the campaign and possibly American history. He was perfectly situated to give a great speech and he clearly did so. I was impressed.
