Edwards rally in Bangor

Veep candidate stirs enthusiastic waterfront crowd



The North Carolina Democrat running for Vice President of the United States animates a point while his parents flank Maine Governor John Baldacci on the stage.

Kerry running mate John Edwards first promised to "hunt down and hold accountable" Osama bin Laden for "what he did on September the eleventh".

My friend Jonathan is right in an earlier post. That candidates must remind everyone about their toughness in the Terror War, rather than try to set forth ways to lessen the chance terrorism confirm part of Jonathan's thesis.

From there, Edwards launched into a well-perfected Democratic message -- George W. Bush does not care about or even see the economic suffering all around him. Prices for essential commodities like fuel and essential services like health care are skyrocketing while millions of decent jobs are lost. Bush's answer is more tax cutting for the rich.

It's interesting that we'd get a candidate visit at this late stage. That one electoral vote our Congressional District (Maine's 2nd) controls on its own must look important -- the race is a dead even up here, though Kerry/Edwards is firmly ahead in Maine as a whole. Maine and Nebraska are the only states that elect presidential elector slates by Congressional district.

I for one cannot stand another minute of Bush. Despite my deep concern about the conduct of the Terror War, the Iraq war, and dubious prospects for peace under Kerry, John Edwards delivered for me today a flicker of hope that a range of issues will improve when a new administration enters the Whitehouse.