Democratic Presidential candidate John Edwards is taking a different platform than the other Democratic candidates. Edwards has been vocal about his new poverty platform. Though poverty was once a strong issue argued by Democratic presidents like Kennedy and Johnson, in the last few years the poverty numbers have not changed much and not attracted as much attention. Edwards has said, "Past anti-poverty efforts have failed to create enough opportunities for people to work their way out of poverty and into the middle class." His platform his vocal in providing support for America's 37 million citizens living in poverty. The media is skeptical of Edwards' platform, saying that the Democrats don't have any strong solutions to this issue. They don't believe that stressing this issue will gain him the public support he needs.
http://www.columbusdispatch.com/dispatch/content/local_news/stories/2007/07/17/jepoor.ART_ART_07-17-07_A1_HF7A3CS.html?print=yes
I'm inclined to agree with the media on this one. Though poverty is a heart-felt issue, in current times it doesn't seem successful in gaining public support. I think this is mainly due to the fact that no candidate has really been successful in presenting the pubic with a solution to the problem that seems like it will work. Also, considering the poverty levels have not been rising, the issue is not at the forefront of voters' minds.
4 comments:
He is just trying to advocate some random problem to set him apart from the other canidates. He is over shadowed by the other canidates, so he is just trying to draw attention to himself. (He really should have come up with something better)
i agree with brown bear that he is trying to draw attention to himself. But i think this is a issue that has been going on for a long time i think he is just trying to tell people that its a big problem.
Sure he could rouse the media through an old issue but what good would it do? Sure he would have his 15 minutes of fame, but it wouldnt do him any long-term good. Maybe people know about poverty but cannot do any life-time good with it, as it will still come back one time or another
Yeah I totally agree. Because every candidate is basically talking about the same topic and how they feel about it, I think Edwards is putting a new start into new topics to appeal to other people is different areas.
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