It seem that this past week, the media has been obsessed by which wanna-be candidate collected the most money. It is a shame that money is what our elections are now about. Whatever happened to electing a candidate on his qualifications and ideas.
A bold and specific agenda no longer rules. The American people can be bought by who spends the most money on their campaign. It’s dollars verses ideas and the dollars always seem to win.
Obama pulled in $1,000,000 less than did Clinton, but he got most of his money from a lot more people. Clinton got most of her money from fewer donors. Fewer donors mean heavier contributions and heavier contributions means someone will probably want something in return.
This is just my opinion, but I think this is not the time Hillary Clinton should run because it is going to be a tough enough fight for the Democrats to take back the reins of this great country without the added burden of trying to elect the first woman to the presidency (see my “Hillary for President” column). Also I do not think that Obama has a real chance because, and I know this sounds racist, but I think the heartland of America will not yet embrace a black man as president of the United states. So, to me that means there is only one choice and that would be John Edwards.
I know there has been controversy over his running for office while his wife has cancer, but we are not the ones to judge them on that issue. John, Elizabeth and their children are the only ones that should be involved in that decision.
Check out http://johnedwards.com/about/issues/
The California Curmudgeon
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