Were those quotes from a story in the link you provided? Because all I saw on the comcast page was their summary page of all current politics stories.

Thanks for this diary.

Here is a link to the story on AP: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070516/ap_o n_el_pr/on_the2008_trail_35

I agree that Edwards is the working man's candidate.  And the working woman's candidate!

I also agree that MSM has been doing their best to smear the best candidate we have seen in decades. I think they are afraid of the changes to the status quo that President Edwards will bring.  That is why diaries like yours are so important!  

Congratulations on doing so well in school, RDemocrat!

Edwards is going to have to do a lot to get past the haircut narrative. Thanks to Repubs and MSM, Edwards "the metrosexual" is fast becoming a laughingstock. It really pisses me off that his campaign didn't vet is 1st quarter report. What the fuck are they doing!!! Whoever was responsible for that should be fired. Whoever paid the bill with campaign funds should be fired as well. Fucking idiots!!! This has basically harpooned his campaign. No one is going to take him serious now. Of all the things to let slip through the cracks. I don't care if Edwards actually likes getting $400 haircuts or goes in for colonics for christ's sake. The campaign staff has to do their fucking job.

I really hate the media equaling Union membership as being the "working men."  I know that isn't what the OP meant, but it is a bit insulting to people like Wal-Mart employees who are every bit the working men and women as a Teamster, UAW or SEIU member is, but don't have the opportunity to join a union.  And the definition of simply Blue Collar workers as the working man or working class is really starting to go by the wayside as more white collar positions are squeezed in salary.  I have friends in both Union positions and working white collar jobs, and the union guys for the most part make a LOT more and have better benefits than my white collar friends (not all but a lot) who work as admin assistants, IT support, etc.  

Sorry, pet peeve of mine... but everytime I see Working Man, its always followed by Union.  As someone who has worked in a hostile to unions store enviroment, as a white collar IT worker I find this a fairly insulting (not the OP's intention I understand) connotation.  And yes I am an avid union supporter with plenty of family members as union members.  

John Edwards walks picket lines and organizes workers.  He believes in organized labor and will work to grow unions, as President.

Working folks know Edwards is on our side.

As Edwards fights to give breaks to "earned income" as opposed to the breaks now given to "unearned income", so too he epitomizes somebody that has earned his right to represent the working society.  He has earned the right to represent the legacy of FDR.  He has earned the right because he is walking and working in our shoes.  

Too many politicians think it's their right to be at the head of the line because of their privileged positions in the party pecking order or the power structure instead of their participation with the people.

And you hit the nail on the head about "control".  Democratic "leadership" continue to push as their candidates the more controllable ones.  Mavericks piss them off. And the media abetts them.
Too bad.  The American people want a revolution, but they want to try the peaceful way by voting in
their choice and not some hot shots in a back room's idea.  The wisdom of crowds is trying to break thru.

Edwards also harks back to those "better angels of our nature" that Abe Lincoln, the last great trial lawyer president, talked about.  We need those "Better angels" instead of the greedy Gordon Gekkos to reclaim  democracy.

Please don't take this for more than the sidenote it's meant to be (I don't disagree with anything the diarist says), but...

It's a curious phrase to say Edwards is the working's man's candidate.  As if working women aren't significant enough to be mentioned.  I understand it's just a common phrase, but it seems to be kind of tied up in what's being talked about.     In details, he's for people, but image (it doesn't sound as good or as tough to say "Edwards is the Working Person's Candidate) ends up obscuring that.

Like I said, this is pretty irrelevant, and I almost didn't post it because I didn't want to start a fight - I just thought it was curious is all, nothing more.

is a hypocrite. That really surprises me. It surprises me that my fellow lefties feel that because Edwards is well off he can't be a champion for the working poor and working middle class. This is exactly what the MSM wants you to believe. Sheesh, they'd be bashing FDR right now if he were running. So, to the 12 people who think Edwards is a hypocrite because he's well off and his platform is about creating a working society, do you think FDR was a hypocrite too? Do you think RFK didn't really care about the urban poor because he was wealthy?

Just so you know, Obama has a 96% lifetime voting record for labor according the the AFL-CIO, so Edwards is not the only friend to labor.

Edwards' work for Unions and the working class is very impressive. He successfully fought to raise the minimum wage in six states, supports policies to make it easier to join Unions, has a wise and realistic Universal HealthCare plan among a number of other programs and policies he has proposed that strenghten working families. Edwards is right when he says, "the best anti poverty program is the labor movement."

Video: Edwards on Unions at the IAM 751

I'm not sure how offshore/Cayman Islands business and keeping his tax returns hidden will play with his working man image.

Thanks pioneer111, you got to that before I could. Well spoken!!