Two Americas: John Edwards 2008

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John Edwards Speech 2006


Tomorrow begins today.

I'm writing to you from New Orleans, where tomorrow I will announce that I am a candidate for president of the United States.

I'm announcing here because no place better demonstrates the two Americas I've talked about for a long time. But even more important, no place better demonstrates the power people have when they -- not Washington -- take responsibility and take action to build the America we believe in.

Watch a preview on YouTube of what I'm going to talk about tomorrow.

I'm running to ask millions of Americans to take responsibility and take action to change our country and ensure America's greatness in the 21st century.

And I'm asking you to play a crucial role in this campaign.

Last week I asked if you were ready to take our effort to change America to the next level. Thousands of letters have come in, and the answer was an overwhelming yes -- we're in this together.

That's why I'm asking you to help spread the word in your area by holding your own local "Citizens' Launch" event tomorrow. It just takes a few minutes to set up, and anyone can do it.

We know what we need to do. Changing our country means:

Providing moral leadership in the world -- starting with Iraq, where we should begin drawing down troops, not escalating the war
Strengthening our middle class and ending the shame of poverty
Guaranteeing health care for every single American
Leading the fight against global warming
Getting America and the world to break our addiction to oil
That's not just my vision –- it's our vision. And we can't wait for the next president to take office to begin fundamentally changing our country.

And the truth is, we don't have to wait. Since I left Washington, I've seen firsthand the power that ordinary people have when we work together.

We worked with thousands of volunteers to raise the minimum wage in six states – and we got it done. We're making the first year of college free for young people in Greene County, North Carolina. And we've been working from the grassroots up to organize workers so they can stand up for their rights and earn a decent living.

And this week in New Orleans, I've been working with young people who gave up part of their Christmas vacation to work on rebuilding and helping those in need -- just like the hundreds of college students who came here to work with me during their Spring Break earlier this year.

This is the kind of commitment to solving our problems that I've seen time and time again over the last two years – and it reaffirms one of the great lessons of my whole life. The power of America doesn't lie in Washington; the true power of America is in the people of America.

That's why we're getting ready to launch a campaign that says to everyone who wants to take responsibility for our future: we can't wait until tomorrow. We must act now.

Tomorrow begins today."

Your friend,

John

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CNN Poll December 20th:
Hillary Clinton 35%
Albert Gore 17%
Barack Obama 16%
John Edwards 14%
Joe Biden 5%
Chris Dodd 3%
Dennis Kucinich 2%
Mike Gravel 1%

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How do you think of this

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Should I quit this

[Joe Biden 2024]

There's not enough here for me to make an opinion of it yet. I would say keep going and add more updates. Then users can give opinions and feedback more easily.

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Al Gore I will not run for President of the United States
January 2007

John looked at the screen and he looked glad as a Poll without Gore showed Him leading Obama and Next He dialed the phone number of Wesley Clark

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Next Up

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BBC

Parliament has chosen Yvette Copper for Prime Minister

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Iowa

John Edwards 42.12
Barack Obama 29.6
Hillary Clinton 25.3


Republican

Fred Thompson will win

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Barack Obama drops out and endorses John Edwards

Barack Obama will drop out with a poor performance in Iowa

[Lord Byron]

You do know that Edwards' presidency, hell, his candidacy won't end well, especially if events are like OTL...

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You do know that Edwards' presidency, hell, his candidacy won't end well, especially if events are like OTL...

I know that but Elizabeth Edwards doesn't have cancer in this TL

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Iowa Results

53.2% John Edwards

42.12 Hillary Clinton

Hillary

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The Polls showed her to win in New Hampshire, but she lost by 10 points, after Obama endorsed Edwards and campaigned with him in New Hampshire so Hillary Lost. She knew Edwards would win because of Super Tuesday states going to him and Arkansas, polls showed Clinton leading by only 5 points.
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I will withdraw from the Democratic Nomination for President of the United States and I will endorse John Edwards

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Polls

John McCain will win New Hampshire

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Mitt Romney will win Nevada and Mike Huckabee wins South Carolina

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John McCain will win Michigan