Edwards Win Significance

Edwards Win Significance

Like his showing in Iowa, South Carolina demonstrates that Edwards can win a popular primary or gain in one if he commits the time and money. The latter is his most important need now. His message as a deliverer from trade related 'job loss' or 'economic dislocation' as the pundits and government call it may not be redeemable as a promise. His charismatic style and 'outsider' status plus his savvy carried him in his birth-state against two classic 'Beltway' Liberals' - who've been in Washington DC 15 years or more: Fritz Hollings & John Kerry. As this is written - news sources are delivering Kerry wins in distant states - which give him the smell of a winner. As for Senator John Kerry's second place finish in South Carolina - -he was beaten by a better known local liberal who claims an outsider status - despite being a US Senator. The trial lawyer -Edwards - showed his style - but John Kerry dogged Edwards there (by voting reports) and wil run, even or ahead of him in other states. Money and time are the best campaign factors now - -and the 'fresh smell of a winner'. As a reading not - Washington Post -02-03-04 has an excellent profile of Senator Edwards lawyering days - a big winer in tort litigation - the kind of which GW Bush refuses to address with understanding - just populism instead.