I have already decided on John Edwards.

Your analysis is quite well done. I was particularly interested in your comments on some of the subtleties of his speech and plans. I think these are things I take for granted. You may be very correct when you assert that some miss them. Certainly the media misses them... if they report on Edwards at all.

A couple of things I want to add.

An important and much missed aspect of John Edwards' campaign is his ability to focus on the important things. For example, all of the candidates knew that health care was, and continues to be, a major issue for all Americans, yet none came to the campaign with a thorough, well thought out plan to introduce universal health coverage. Senator Edwards did.

Another thing that I admire about the Senator is his willingness to address causes. Addressing poverty, education, health, government influence peddling, and government corporatization are among the most important causes that negatively impact the quality of life here in the United States and around the world.

I didn't put corporatization at the head of the list although cases can be made that this is the prevalent cause. Considering the ownership of the Federal Reserve, etc., I can hear the corporatists now, to paraphrase an old commercial, "It's not nice to fool corporate interests."

John Edwards is willing to take these people on. Though he states that you don't invite them to the table because they eat all the food, I think he might invite them once they're muzzled. Corporate interests do have a role in our quality of life, just not the "only" role as those interests constantly promote.