Monday, June 23, 2008

Paul Rosenberg at OpenLeft on the Case for Edwards as VP

Why Edwards For VP-The Growing Logic

The Case For Edwards-Refuting the "Name Recognition" Canard

SUSA--New VP Polls Show Edwards Still Unchallenged

The Edwards Benchmark--Winning The Swing

The Logic of An Obama/Edwards Ticket--"Balancing" AS Reinforcing"

"Chris Bowers, Psychic Pundit! (Part I of The Deep Logic of Edwards For VP)"

Summing up all the above, the conclusion is inescapable-as much as humanly
possible to predict the future, Edwards is clearly strongly positioned to help
us win in November, and he is the only candidate who is publicly proven to do
so. This is a reflection of underlying logic reflected in points 1-3
above, as well as polling and endorsement data from 4 & 5. The only
coherent reason for rejecting Edwards would appear to be either hostility or
indifference towards populist economics-at the very least, and possibly an even
broader hostility toward progressive politics. But after three decades of
increasing income inequality, hostility or indifference towards populist
economics is simply delusional. The argument should be about the best ways to
implement populist economics in ways that synergize with other important policy
goals. And the way to ensure that such arguments take place is to have
Edwards as our Vice President.

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