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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (19913)	12/30/2007 10:07:14 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224699

On The Trail: John Edwards strikes a populist tone By RUSS CHOMA New Hampshire Union Leader Correspondent Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007 ON THE 14th anniversary of ratification of the North American Free Trade Agreement, John Edwards stood with a dozen union steelworkers in the Derry elementary school cafeteria, and turned his indignation on those in power who don't care about regular people. Sure, some jobs were created by ratifying NAFTA, Edwards said disdainfully, but other lower-paying jobs were lost in the process. "They say America has done well, so what if there are some losers," Edwards told the audience. "Losers. That's the way they described hard-working middle-class families." When he says the word "losers" he draws out the "o" with a Southern drawl so the word hangs in the air. The former North Carolina senator and vice presidential candidate is unapologetically populist in his message as he campaigns through New Hampshire. When he speaks of what he says are the most important American values, he is cheerful and gazes across the crowd at some distant point, but when talking about Washington insiders and top executives for the health-care, pharmaceutical and oil industries, he seethes. At stops in Bedford, Peterborough and Derry earlier this month, Edwards used down-home, folksy stories and his stretched vowels to emphasize a message to Granite State voters: I am not one of "them." At every stop, his stump speech changed, although Edwards hit on the same themes, like his plan to severely cut back on carbon emissions and an increase in the minimum wage.