Reply #77: Edwards won a tough election against a right-wing Republican in a red state.

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He was trying to show his constituents, the people who voted for him, that he was not going to betray their support of him. That shows me that Edwards will keep his word to those who vote for him.

A lot of Democrats supported Bush/Cheney's policies. Clinton not only voted for the Iraq war vote, but she voted for Kyl/Lieberman, also.

Clinton has said in the debates that she will work for health care reform "by the end of her second term". That assumes she would win a second term (assuming she wins a first term). By then she would be a lame duck president with no clout, meaning no health care reform from Clinton at all.

Edwards has said that he would make health care reform a priority. His promotion of the populist message is politically risky and I give him credit for being the first one of the "big three" to run on such a platform.

I do not trust Clinton, and I have concerns about Obama's ability to follow through on his campaign promises. I like Edwards platform and his success in fighting the corporations suggests that he is the person I want to be my president.