FISA: Have you called your Senators yet?

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Thursday January 24, 2008 · 12:18 PM PST

2008/01/24 · 12:18

The FISA debate continues in the Senate, and you can follow along through the live-blogging diaries up for the blow-by-blow. [Go to the mothership diary to find the current diary.]

In the meantime, it is critical that EVERYONE here contact your Senators and let them know that you expect them to support the amendment by Senators Dodd and Feingold.

As much of a supporter of one candidate that I am, this isn't about the primaries. This is about the rule of law and the Constitution.

edgery

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Wednesday January 23, 2008 · 3:08 PM PST

2008/01/23 · 15:08

The "early states" phase of the primary campaign ends Saturday in South Carolina. After that, it's a national campaign with much less retail politicking and a more distant feel to the campaign trail. For the candidates, it will become even harder to tell what city they're waking up in. And the campaign staff -- these folks are working round the clock as it is, imagine what the next few weeks and months will be like!

[UPDATE: Let me be very clear. This effort is intended to be a morale booster as our folks are ending one phase of the primary campaign and beginning another. This is NOT in any way shape or form a signal that I think Edwards is or should end this campaign. John Edwards has stated clearly he's in this to the White House, and I fully intend to work my ass off to get him there. Oh, and think public domain. There are lots of pictures out on the web that are not copyrighted. Most lawyers know this.]

edgery

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Tuesday January 22, 2008 · 9:36 AM PST

2008/01/22 · 09:36

On a conference call with bloggers and reporters this morning, John Edwards was clearly still pleased with the debate last night. He dismissed the squabbling and talking over each other by the other participants as unproductive. At one point while the bickering continued, Senator Edwards thought, "I'm John Edwards and I represent the grown-up wing of the Democratic Party." [I certainly agree with that; the early stages of the debate made for good television but not a good sense of where Clinton or Obama want to take the country.]

edgery

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Monday January 21, 2008 · 5:48 PM PST

2008/01/21 · 17:48

Hi folks. After 9+ months of continuous EENRs, we had a little oopsy tonight in terms of who was authoring this nightly edition. So, I'm tossing up something we can all contribute to.

edgery

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Friday January 18, 2008 · 9:04 PM PST

2008/01/18 · 21:04

The controversy over Senator Obama's use of Reagan as an example of a successful agent of change continues across the blogosphere.

Today, the owner of this site added his views including his opinion of John Edwards's reaction to Obama's comments:

Update: Edwards joins Bill Clinton:

Ronald Reagan, the man who busted unions, the man who did everything in his power to destroy the organized labor movement, the man who created a tax structure that favored the richest Americans against middle class and working families, ... we know that Ronald Reagan is not an example of change for a presidential candidate running in the Democratic Party.

A nicely crafted straw man argument, if I've ever seen one. Bravo, John, for being an ass and dishonestly distorting what Obama said!

[brief note of clarification: John Edwards did not "join" Bill Clinton. He did not refer to Bill Clinton nor Clinton to him. He did not agree with Clinton. He spoke his own mind in his own words. But nice trying to pin those two together...]

edgery

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Thursday January 17, 2008 · 6:37 PM PST

2008/01/17 · 18:37

Nevada's caucuses are this Saturday morning; South Carolina's primary follows the following Saturday.

We're half-way through the "early states" part of this process with a long way still to go till the convention in August, and I'm sad to say I have only 31 more Thursday EENRs left to write. Who knew when TomP, NCDem Amy and a few stalwart others started this exceptional series that we'd be able to keep it up this long. Who knew we'd be having this much fun!

[update] 55 minutes and counting till THE BIG DAY! Debit card poised and waiting.......

Poll

88 votes Show Results

GO FOR THE GOLD!

88 votes Vote Now!

GO FOR THE GOLD!

I'm sending out the message to 1-5 people

26 votes

I'm sending out the message to 6-10 people

8 votes

I'm sending out the message to more than 10 people

19 votes

I'm posting the Go For The Gold message on another blog

16 votes

I'm not doing anything; who needs fair journalism!

2 votes

I'm confused - you want money and I have to ask others for money too?

7 votes

Pie

10 votes

"I Do Not Favor Nuclear Energy" - John Edwards

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Wednesday January 16, 2008 · 11:04 AM PST

2008/01/16 · 11:04

In last night's Democratic debate, John Edwards distinguished himself from the other two candidates with his strong position in opposition to nuclear power as the answer to global climate change and/or energy independence. Yes, there are those who think this is the way to go but John Edwards and millions of other Americans don't agree.

edgery

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Thursday January 10, 2008 · 7:40 PM PST

2008/01/10 · 19:40

Hey, all you wonderful Edwards supporters. Has this been a wild and crazy 10 days or what!? It's hard to even remember what 2007 looked like, in less than 2 weeks we've had the first caucuse and the first primary. 2 down, 48 to go!

"John Edwards has helped set the terms of the Democratic presidential debate on many issues... on issue after issue, Mr. Edwards has been the first to stake out where the party's consensus message seems to end up." - Wall Street Journal, July 20, 2007

Starting tonight, we're going to add a new feature to EENR -- a step back of sorts. We're going to take the staples out of the 80-page policy book and look at the different detailed progressive policy sections one by one. In the midst of running from one state to another, it's easy to forgot what a monumental task Edwards set out to accomplish in January 2007: setting forth the best, most detailed proposals he could so that Americans would know just what he values most, just what he believes we can accomplish together. So, follow me over the fold for today's news and our first Policy in Review.

edgery

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Sunday January 06, 2008 · 10:29 AM PST

2008/01/06 · 10:29

Nataline Sarkisyan's father said today that there is a hole in his heart since losing his daughter. "Cigna killed my daughter," he said. "Vote for this man; vote for John Edwards."

"They tried negotiating with the insurance company," John Edwards responded. "If negotiating worked, we'd have universal health care already."

Senator Edwards also laid out three clear criteria for people to ask candidates to evaluate who should be our next president:

Are you for fundamental change in Washington or continuing the status quo?

If you are for fundamental change, will you fight for it?

Is this change personal for you?

edgery

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Saturday January 05, 2008 · 5:22 PM PST

2008/01/05 · 17:22

Well, I hope we've all made the successful move from cold and snowy Iowa to cold and snowy New Hampshire by now. Here at warm and cozy EENR, it was a pretty smooth transition since we didn't have to deal with taking off our shoes at the air port (I do not give up my fuzzy slippers easily!). The Edwards campaign, as usual, doesn't seem to have skipped a beat at all -- and as usual, my head is a bit spinny just trying to keep up with all that's going on.

[update]NCDem Amy has a post-debate diary up with great videos. Come on over!

edgery

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Thursday January 03, 2008 · 4:56 PM PST

2008/01/03 · 16:56

EENR PART 2

Take your rec off this Part 1 diary and head on over to the new live blog, hosted by Ellinorianne. We'll keep updating.

Well, it's here -- the 'real' start of the Democratic Presidential nominating process. After months of diaries and canvassing and phone banking, the ups and downs of the longest Presidential primary race I've ever experienced, we're finally here.

With the caucuses now started, we will be here until the final results are all in -- no matter what! If this diary gets too long or unwieldy, we'll move on over to EENR Part II, and at the right time, on to the Victory Party!

But first let's review some important Live-Blogging rules. Hold onto your hats, scarves and mittens as we make the leap!

edgery

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Thursday December 27, 2007 · 7:16 PM PST

2007/12/27 · 19:16

By this time next week, we should know a lot more about the state of the Democratic presidential primary race. Every time I look at my cell phone, I see the countdown. Every time I check in at the Edwards web site, I see the countdown. When it went from 'more than a week away' to '7 days', I about flipped. Then a little while ago, as time marches on, it become less than a week away. Yow-za! Brain freeze! (and hence the 'unnamed' edition of tonight's EENR)

So, let's all take a moment to do something very very important....

breathe.

That's right - oxygen is very important to our ability to tolerate the stresses that are coming up over the next 6+ days and beyond as the Edwards Express rolls through Iowa and on to New Hampshire, Nevada, South Carolina, and February 5th. So, whether you're stuck behind your computer screen or getting ready to head out for another round of snowy canvassing or dialing another phone number to another undecided voter, here's a very good exercise for the next month or so:

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FISA: Have you called your Senators yet?

[UPDATED] A Thank You to the Edwards Campaign!

John Edwards: SC's CWA on his side and notes on the economy

Edwards Evening News Round-Up: MLK III "My father would be proud."

A Response to "Party of Ideas"

Edwards Evening News Round-Up: The Night Before Gold Edition

"I Do Not Favor Nuclear Energy" - John Edwards

Edwards Evening News: Welcome Home Edition

[Update 2] "Cigna killed my daughter" Grigot Sarkisyan at Edwards forum

Edwards Evening News Round-Up: Granite State Edition

EENR - Iowa Caucuses Edition Part 1 -- go to new diary

Edwards Evening News Round-Up: BREATHE Edition [updated]