I said he’s a better man than either Kerry or Shrum— that’s a pretty low hurdle, don’t you think?
He’s running way too the left because thats what you have to do to win the Democratic nomination. Joe Lieberman was the most moderate Democrat in the Senate and the 2000 VP nomine, and he got creamed in the 2004 primaries— if you’re not a lefty you don’t have a shot in the Donkey primary.
The Democratic nomination is going to come down to Edwards or Hillary (Obama is going to fade in the home stretch, he’s too green at running a national campaign). If this immigration bill goes through, Bush will have handed the White House to whoever the Democrats nominate. And I’d prefer literally anyone (Rosie O’Donnell, that idiot lawyer in Atlanta with TB, etc.) in the White House for the next four years over the Clintons.
I don’t think Edwards is any more liberal than Hillary is (he just panders better) but he’s clearly less prone to corruption. He made his money legally (in both senses of the word), not from trading cattle futures.
In general your sentiments are on target but the concept of corruption may need some broadening.
Exactly how much more corruption is needed when one sells his soul? In that context, Edwards would seem to be going deeper into the pit. Hillary as we well know is the caretaker and has a senior administrative role in running that location in hell.