The first video John Edwards asks how do we bring about real change?
An analysis of campaign finance records by the Center for Responsive Politics for the Times showed that Democrats received about $6.5 million from the industry while Republicans raised almost $4.8 million. With $2.7 million in donations through the end of September, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has collected the most, "despite her calls for broad changes to the health care system that could pose serious financial challenges to private insurers, drug companies and other sectors." Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) raised about $2.2 million, putting him in second place, while Republicans Mitt Romney, former Massachusetts governor, and Rudolph W. Giuliani, former New York City mayor, were in third and fourth place, raising $1.6 million and $1.4 million, respectively. Democrats are outpacing Republicans in raising money from every sector of the health care industry, including "pharmaceuticals, insurers and health maintenance organizations, doctors, hospitals and nursing homes," reports the Times.
Again Mr. Edwards asks do we want real change? And how does Edwards fair? How does he fair? He raised less than 5% of all the donations from these industries, a meager $600,000. This is a good clip from the debate the other night.
Most of this post I took from a Daily Kos diary because I am beginning to think that John Edwards is the democrats only hope for real change. He does not claim to be holier than thou, but knows that this system needs to change and no one in this field is talking about this including Kucinich, who if pressed would most certainly agree, but Edwards is the person pressing for our system to be reformed. His latest commercial:
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