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Posted on 01-30-2008 at 08:43am
Edwards out too.
Filed Under (Elections & Candidates) by Jim Voorhies on 01-30-2008

According to an AP report (and posted at Volunteer Voters, John Edwards will announce that he is dropping out of the race today. He’s not endorsing anyone. From TennViews:

Edwards planned to announce his campaign was ending with his wife and three children at his side. Then he planned to work with Habitat for Humanity at the volunteer-fueled rebuilding project Musicians’ Village, the adviser said.

With that, Edwards’ campaign will end the way it began 13 months ago — with the candidate pitching in to rebuild lives in a city still ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. Edwards embraced New Orleans as a glaring symbol of what he described as a Washington that didn’t hear the cries of the downtrodden.

Very cool that he’s going to devote some time volunteering at Habitat.

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Comments

john h on 30 January, 2008 at 8:47 am #

Glad you’re here for the story..and glad that he’s doing the Habitat thing.


Jim Voorhies on 30 January, 2008 at 8:53 am #

Well, I’m big on Habitat (I’ve volunteered there for several years and been a Supervisor on Site.) so that hits with me.


Reba on 30 January, 2008 at 9:01 am #

I think what he is doing is very cool, but I am glad he is out.

I love HFH, but it sounds like he is trying to play a martyr with his whole “cries for the downtrodden”.

I do commend him for ending this way though. (But I am just glad he is ending)


Supporter on 30 January, 2008 at 10:03 am #

I love early voting, but hate that my vote for Edwards on Monday now won’t count for much…


Chris Wage on 30 January, 2008 at 11:02 am #

I love HFH, but it sounds like he is trying to play a martyr with his whole “cries for the downtrodden”.

Yeah, can you believe how he’s always talking about poor people and trying to work for change? What a martyr.


Tennesseefree.com » Millionaire Populist Edwards Is Out on 30 January, 2008 at 11:13 am #

[…] Jim at Music City Bloggers- “Very cool that he’s going to devote some time volunteering at Habitat.” […]


Reba on 30 January, 2008 at 6:21 pm #

Chris,
I think it is great. But the way that quote was stated was he quit because Washington was not listening to him.

In reality it was the American people. While he had a good nitch of followers, it was not enough and to make it sound as if it were anything else…

That was my beef. I say way to go to him for going to N.O. and working. I think that says a whole lot about his person.


jblank on 30 January, 2008 at 11:06 pm #

I dunno, Reba. What Edwards said in his speech is obviously open to different interpretations, but I didn’t really see any martyrdom from reading a transcript of it. I read any remark of his about the downtrodden and New Orleans to be more of a criticism of the current administration in how it deals with poverty in general. I don’t think he was trying to explain why he was dropping out of the race; rather, it just seems like a continuation of the rhetoric that he’s used all along concerning class issues.

Having said that, I probably sound like an Edwards fangirl, but that’s not necessarily true. I’m actually off to go read some more about the different candidates, because I’d like to vote early tomorrow (first presidential race-related voting for me ever, whooo), but I really have not had nor do I currently have a concrete idea of who to support. Citizenatin’ is hard.