Hillary Clinton began her online presidential “User Generated Politics” presidential campaign 2008 “conversation” early and it is paying off. “Hillary for President” is leading in national opinion polls and on the Web.
“If the next Democratic primary for president were being held today, for which candidate would you vote,” NBC News/Wall Street Journal polled 1007 adults nationwide the first week of March 2007:
Hillary Clinton: 40%
Barack Obama: 28%
John Edwards: 15%
Mar 9, 2007 — BOSTON (Reuters) - Politicians failed to tap the youth vote even after record turnout in the 2004 U.S. presidential election and will need the Internet to draw this block, a Harvard University survey showed on Friday.
Young Americans were largely ignored by political campaigns during the 2006 congressional election, but their ballots helped decide two tight U.S. Senate races for Democrats, said John Della Volpe, polling director at Harvard's Institute of Politics.
RECLAIM AMERICA FROM THE WEAPON MAKERS:
RECLAIM AMERICA FROM BIG BUSINESS:
VIDEO
Campaign events and speeches:
John Edwards at Metro State College Part 1Denver, Colorado, March 1, 2007
John Edwards at Metro State College Part 2 Denver, Colorado, March 1, 2007
John Edwards at Metro State College Part 3 Denver, Colorado, March 1, 2007
John Edwards at Metro State College Part 4 Denver, Colorado, March 1, 2007
John Edwards at Metro State College Part 5 Denver, Colorado, March 1, 2007
Pro-Edwards vlogger ashlarah recorded a speech Edwards gave as part of his college tour. The first four videos are the speech. The fifth video is of Edwards discussing some of the issues with people who stayed behind after the rest of the crowd had left. Unfortunately, the fifth video is very hard to hear.
Edwards: "America is an idea, and that idea is equality. Equality of opportunity."
Energy discussion at town hall in NH February 24, 2007
In this video released by the Edwards campaign, Edwards discusses energy, conservation, and global warming with New Hampshire voters.
Edwards: "We should invest in clean alternative sources of energy in a serious long-term comprehensive way, which means wind, solar, biofuels, bio-diesel."
Read More
Ealier today, Barack Obama visited Selma, Alabama to take part in the Selma Voting Rights March Commemoration.
Click here to watch part of Barack's speech courtesy of CNN.
Below is a short excerpt of his speech at Brown Chapel A.M.E Church. Click here to read the entire speech.
Obama Blog
Hillary was in Selma, AL today to commemorate "Bloody Sunday", an historic moment in the civil rights movement.
"On March 7, 1965, the day that came to be known as Bloody Sunday, some 600 men, women and children. crossed the bridge in Selma Ala., with the intention of marching to Montgomery for voting rights. On the other side, they were confronted by state troopers and a sheriff's posse, who beat the marchers back, hastening congressional enactment of the Voting Rights Act and the demise of the racial order the lawmen sought to defend." (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
The ceremony re-enacting the crossing of the Edmund Pettus is an annual event to remember the struggle and to honor those who took part in the fight for civil rights. Hillary was accompanied by President Clinton, who is being inducted into the Voting Rights Hall of Fame. Before joining in a re-enactment of the march, Hillary attended services at the First Baptist Church of Selma, where she spoke to the congregation to commemorate the event's 42nd anniversary:
"I come to share the memories of a troubled past and a hope for a better tomorrow, one that is worthy of the sacrifices that were made here... That long march to freedom that started here has carried us a mighty long way. But we all know we have to finish the march."
You can read Hillary's full remarks here.
With their Web logs, Facebook profiles and college rallies, the 2008 presidential candidates are lavishing attention on a group that displays unbridled enthusiasm early in the campaign but tends to lose interest when the voting starts.For all the star-studded voter registration drives featuring the likes of Madonna and Sean "Diddy" Combs, more than half of the people in the United States age 18 to 24 who are eligible to vote typically are no-shows on Election Day. By comparison, some 70 percent of those 45 and older cast their ballots, according to the Census Bureau.
Video
John's YouTube page John Edwards has a page on YouTube where he regularly adds new videos.
John Edwards at AFSCME forum: opening statements Part 1 of 2. John Edwards speaks at AFSCME forum in Carson City, Nevada, February 21, 2007
John Edwards at AFSCME forum Part 2 of 2. John Edwards answers questions from George Stephanopoulos and gives his closing remarks at AFSCME forum in Carson City, Nevada, February 21, 2007
Bill Maher interviews John Edwards on 2/16/07. As Bill Maher points out "that is a lot of straight talk from a politician." This is a very entertaining interview.
Video from Martin Luther King Day at Riverside Church John Edwards gave the annual "Realizing the Dream" sermon at Riverside Church in Harlem, NYC in January 2007.
John Edwards speech to the DNC winter meeting (excerpts)
DNC winter meeting, full speech John Edwards speaks to the DNC winter meeting candidates forum.
John Edwards on The Daily Show, part 1 John talks about his new book with host Jon Stewart.
John Edwards on The Daily Show, part 2 Edwards is put on the "seat of heat."
One Corps National Day of Energy Action The Edwards family helps another family winterize their house and John and Elizabeth speak to a conference call of One Corps captains.
Tomorrow Begins Today John Edwards makes his presidential announcement from New Orleans, December 28, 2006.
Des Moines town hall, part 1 John Edwards gives his first town hall after his presidential announcement. He discusses One Corps and the meaning of "Tomorrow begins today."
Des Moines town hall, part 2 Edwards discusses the war in Iraq, poverty, global warming, alternative energy, universal health care, and America's responsibility to the rest of the world.
Des Moines town hall, part 3 Edwards discusses plans for lifting people out of poverty, making college more accessible,
Portsmouth NH town hall, part 1
Portsmouth NH town hall, part 2
Edwards in 2004 and 2007 The New York Times compares the Edwards campaign in 2004 and his new campaign in 2007.
Edwards discusses his health care plan at a town hall in Dubuque, Iowa in February, 2007.
John and Elizabeth Edwards on Hardball (clip)
Edwards discusses universal health care Charleston, SC
Four questions for John Edwards Bloggers interview John and Elizabeth Edwards.
AFL-CIO Paul Wellstone Awards Banquet John Edwards is a guest at this union banquet.
John Edwards responds to SOTU on Scarborough John Edwards responds to the 2007 State of the Union address on Scarborough.
Speeches
Speeches page on johnedwards.com
DNC Winter Meeting speech text
Articles
Paul Krugman: Edwards Gets It Right
My Trip to Uganda with IRC by John Edwards
Headlines page on johnedwards.com
From Erin Medlicott Feb. 21: Senator Biden is on the campaign trail, and participated in a special Podcast interview prior to attending an AFSCME-sponsored 2008 Democratic Candidate Forum in Carson City, Nevada today — the first presidential forum of the campaign season.
The interview was conducted by Jake Tapper of ABC News, for “ABC Shuffle.”
For the Podcast link, please click here."
Survey Finds that 42 Percent of Americans Say the Internet Will Play an Important Role in Deciding Who They Will Vote for in Next Presidential Election
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Forty-two percent of Americans expect they will seek out more information from the Internet in 2008 than they did in the 2004 presidential election, according to survey results announced today by Performics, the performance-based marketing division of DoubleClick.
Performics’ survey reveals much about the public’s perception and use of the Internet as a channel for gathering information related to politics and the 2008 presidential election. While the survey confirmed that television news and talk shows, local and national newspapers, and news radio are the primary means for political information, campaigns and candidates, 42 percent of Americans say the Internet will play an important role in helping them decide who to vote for in the 2008 presidential election.
“As the 2008 presidential candidates hit the campaign trail, we were curious to find out how Americans plan to learn about their choices for our next president. We suspected that as the public continues to rely on the Internet as an important information source, people will seek political information via search engines in a manner similar to the way that they already search for information regarding consumer purchases, meaning that after they first hear about a candidate or issue, they will conduct broad searches to gather information and then narrow down the candidates and issues until they ultimately reach a decision,” said Stuart Frankel, president of Performics. “With 42 percent of Americans saying the Internet will play an important role in deciding who to vote for in the 2008 election, there is a large opportunity to leverage search engine marketing and optimization as a strategy for political campaigning.”
