Reply #6: I consider myself pretty liberal, and I think Edwards is pretty liberal.

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I hear in his policy proposals a program that fights back against fascism and one that he could very likely enect.

He's able to put the message in a very compelling narrative form (largely due to his biography and his career) to which I think many people respond. When they hear him talk about class and the value of a public infrastructure and opportunity, and progressive taxation and the importance of balance the interest of capital with the interests of labor in a way that is more more fair and much more productive, I think people really understand what he's talking about in a way that translates into a sort of pressure which will result in policy changes.

I also hear in him exactly the strategy FDR used to fight domestic fascism in the '30s and '40s. It's a proven formula for success.

(BTW, he was the fourth most liberal Senator in 2003 according to the National Journal's annual ranking (and the most liberal in the senat on economic and social issues). http://nationaljournal.com/members/news/2004/02/0227nj1.htm)