Who needs a PR person when the AP will do?

Someone at the Associated Press seems more than a little disappointed that John Edwards has dropped out of the presidential race:

DENVER - Democrat John Edwards is exiting the presidential race Wednesday, ending a scrappy underdog bid in which he steered his rivals toward progressive ideals while grappling with family hardship that roused voters' sympathies, The Associated Press has learned. ...

Edwards burst out of the starting gate with a flurry of progressive policy ideas — he was the first to offer a plan for universal health care, the first to call on Congress to pull funding for the war, and he led the charge that lobbyists have too much power in Washington and need to be reigned in.

The ideas were all bold and new for Edwards personally as well, making him a different candidate than the moderate Southerner who ran in 2004 while still in his first Senate term.

Wow, universal health care! Ending the war! Reigning in lobbyists! Those are new and fresh ideas. Ha. Some of the other progressive ideals and ideas held by the man with a 100% NARAL rating:

• No criminal penalty for harming unborn fetus during other crime.
• No ban on partial birth abortions.
• Expansion embryonic stem cell research.

But why worry about the most innocent and vulnerable among us when, according to Edwards, Jesus is most concerned with our "selfishness" and "our ignoring the plight of those around us who are suffering and our focus on our own selfish short-term needs."

And, lest we forget, Edwards never seemed overly concerned about offending Catholics and good taste.  Bold. Scrappy. Progressive. Good-bye. (Consider this an antidote to the "news report" from the AP.)

Comments

[rcb]

Oh, that was beautiful. I also liked the "the ideas were all bold and new for Edwards personally..."

Sounds much better then " totally re-invented himself". I'm disappointed Edwards is dropping out-he drew just enough votes and delegates to weaken both Obama and... that woman.

[dlk]

What a "news report". Untangling "political proselytizing" from "simple facts" is becoming more tedious all the time.

[Dan]

The AP forgot to mention that he is a lawyer who has a $400 haircut and lives in a multi-million dollar mansion -- in other words, a typical "progressive."