Real "candidate of change" Edwards feared by big business

[jackson_dem]

You can tell who the real "candidates of change" are by whether they are feared or supported by the status quo. There is no better place to start than with the business elite who are the biggest beneficiaries of the status quo.

The others? They have raised over $200 million combined from these type of people.

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Ask corporate lobbyists which presidential contender is most feared by their clients and the answer is almost always the same -- Democrat John Edwards.

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One business lobbyist, who asked not to be named, said Edwards "has gone to this angry populist, anti-business rhetoric that borders on class warfare ... He focuses dislike of special interests, which is out there, on business."
Another lobbyist said an Edwards presidency would be "a disaster" for his well-heeled industrialist clients.

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"My sense is that Obama would govern as a reasonably pragmatic Democrat ... I think Hillary is approachable. She knows where a lot of her funding has come from, to be blunt," said Greg Valliere, chief political strategist at Stanford Group Co., a market and policy analysis group.
But Edwards, Valliere said, is seen as "an anti-business populist" and "a trade protectionist who is quite unabashed about raising taxes."
"I think his regulatory policies, as well as his tax policies, would be viewed as a threat to business," he said.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/feedarticle?id=7217369

[stravu9]

1. I Read This Article.

Funny, how our CORPORATE MEDIA failed to pick it up!

[jackson_dem]

3. The article shows exactly why there is a media blackout of Edwards

They fear him. The other "candidates of change" with $200 million in their coffers? They can do business with them.

[stravu9]

4. No Doubt!

I would be willing to bet they've been given orders not to talk about him!
Too bad we don't have Gore's promised Democratic Network yet!

[AzDar]

2. Kick K Street ass, John!!

:thumbsup:

[99th_Monkey]

5. "anti-business populist" hmm. same wordingn used by Nat'l Chamber of Commerce

.. several days ago they pledged to use thier $60 Million warchest to "punish" and "bite them until they bleed" .. any presidential candidate with
the balls to utter any such anti-corporate rhetoric...

gee, wonder just WHO they could have been talking about.

[jackson_dem]

7. More progressives need to realize how to separate the real change candidates from the fakes

[Diamonique]

8. Hopefully the $7 million we raise for him on Friday will help them see it. n/t

[meow2u3]

6. Edwards, you're the man!

The corporate monopolist worst nightmare--and the little guy/gal's dream!

[Armstead]

9. All the more reason to support Edwards and stick it to them

They've been sticking it to us for decades.

It's time they got a taste of their own damn medicine.

That's not an inherently anti-business statement. It is a statement against the arrogance, selfishness and myopia of some segments of the business world.