I was happy to hear the senator from North Carolina announce today that he's running for the presidency in 2004. Good! So far I like what he's saying, including his list of why some things can't get done because of Dubya's pay-back connections. It's about time someone said it all clearly, right out loud. Over a year ago a friend mentioned Edwards as a potential presidential candidate, so I've been paying some attention to him and other than his pro-Iraq war vote, he's impressing me. Not only is he a liberal (although tending toward the moderate, but I'd take that over Bush's conservatism any day), but his personal life is clean clean clean, far as I can tell. (I also love hearing that North Carolina accent again.)
What do people in North Carolina or the South think/know about him? Anyone else have any info? It gives me some hope to think of someone else being president soon, or at the very least having candidates making noise for the next year and a half about how things could be done another way. After the last dismal election, the Democrats have nothing to lose by being outspoken. I sure hope they've learned that lesson. Debra Shea NP: a Spanish soap opera on tv because I like the sound of it, especially the music and all those rolling rrrrrs.
