Edwards' Call to Action -- Political Wire

Edwards' Call to Action

By choosing hurricane ravaged New Orleans to launch his presidential campaign, John Edwards highlighted a major domestic failure of the Bush administration. But by urging people to get involved in fixing their country -- an approach called "unorthodox" by Time magazine -- he marked an even bigger failure of President Bush's leadership.

Said Edwards: "We want people in this campaign to actually take action now, not later, not after the election. We don't want to hope that whoever's elected the next leader of the United States of America is going to solve all our problems for us. Because that will not happen."

Many historians and political scientists agree that not calling Americans to action after the September 11, 2001 attacks is one of the biggest missed opportunities of the last six years. Edwards' strategy is to tap that frustration and energize Americans to change their own country. It's an extremely powerful message that differentiates him not only from the current field of 2008 candidates but from an entire generation of presidential wannabes.

For more, watch Edwards explain his approach on Hardball.

December 31, 2006

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