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John Edwards and Joe Trippi: The Power of the Internet

The New York Times today features Joe Trippi, senior campaign advisor to John Edwards, discussing the importance of the internet for Edwards' campaign.

His role has been to help Mr. Edwards find ways to connect his message to the party’s liberal base in a campaign in which the traditional media channels have been clogged with news about Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, his two main Democratic rivals.

“The Internet is the principal way we are communicating with voters right now,” Mrs. Edwards said in an interview.

I think it's the right way to go for Edwards. I read all his campaign e-mails and really appreciate the way he's moved left of center since the Kerry campaign.

Why this race isn't between Hillary and Edwards as opposed to Hillary and Obama has me stumped. I think Obama needs a lot more seasoning and experience before becoming presidential material.

Which leads me to conclude it's still a three-way race and Edwards is very much in it.

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    Regarding experience..... (5.00 / 1) (#3)
    by kdog on Wed Aug 01, 2007 at 08:12:32 AM EST
    The last thing we need is an experienced pol.  Like Chris Rock's character said in "Head of State"...Experienced in making war and enemies, running up trillions of dollars of debt, maybe what we need is an amatuer.

    Please excuse snark (5.00 / 1) (#6)
    by msobel on Wed Aug 01, 2007 at 09:28:30 AM EST
    Edwards is the obvious candidate, (that's why he is getting the Gore treatment),  Of the top four, he is the only WASP Male.

    Got me.. (none / 0) (#1)
    by dkmich on Wed Aug 01, 2007 at 04:20:56 AM EST
    HRC was to be expected.  She is the establishment candidate.  Obama, I have no clue.  I could make a guess but it would only start a pie war.

    Not at Talkleft (none / 0) (#4)
    by Militarytracy on Wed Aug 01, 2007 at 08:22:05 AM EST
    Here you plead your case.  Pies and pie hurling are out of order ;).  Food isn't even permitted during testimony.

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    Ugh, court! (none / 0) (#10)
    by dkmich on Tue Aug 07, 2007 at 05:19:17 PM EST
    Currently a witness in a criminal trial and getting sued in a related civil suit.  Justice can suck.  Here's hoping it works for me.  

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    The reason is that 'seasoning and experience' (none / 0) (#2)
    by Geekesque on Wed Aug 01, 2007 at 08:12:00 AM EST
    are really overrated, since they lead ordinarily smart people like Hillary Clinton and John Kerry to buy into the conventional DC wisdom on issues like, oh I don't know, invading Iraq.

    To be blunt, Edwards has less relevant experience than Obama does as well, in addition to being forced to run away from his DLC record in the Senate.

    I hope you are correct because (none / 0) (#5)
    by Militarytracy on Wed Aug 01, 2007 at 08:23:29 AM EST
    I like Edwards, he's my pick.

    Edwards and Poverty (none / 0) (#7)
    by koshembos on Wed Aug 01, 2007 at 12:49:05 PM EST
    Edwards is not only a viable candidate, he is also a candidate with a message that resonates with the old Democratic party before it represented many rich people and organizations. Leftist Democrats should also like this message that will be valid for a long time.

    As for Obama, I have difficulty supporting a candidate who just out of the blocks thrives to be as inconcrete as possible. Obama's campaigned seems very seasoned at being unseasoned. Experience is not a big card with me, but vagueness is.

    asdf (none / 0) (#8)
    by ctrenta on Wed Aug 01, 2007 at 09:09:52 PM EST

    Which leads me to conclude it's still a three-way race and Edwards is very much in it.

    I REALLY hope you're right on this one Jeralyn!

    Calling John Edwards: Ctrl-Alt-Delete (none / 0) (#9)
    by latest outrage on Fri Aug 03, 2007 at 08:21:46 AM EST
    Jeralyn, you're correct, using the internet to harvest money, volunteers, and votes is the right way to go in '08. But Edwards isn't doing it very well. An op-ed appeared in The Hill two days ago (John Edwards Needs a Netroots Reboot) deflating the hype that Edwards is still the e-candidate to beat, using hard numbers to back up the story. A longer piece on Edwards' stalled net performance, also discussing what Obama's doing right with his online strategy, is posted at The Latest Outrage. And epolitics.com dismissed the NYT piece as "channeling (the Edwards) campaign's spin uncritically and without context...".