Let’s start this blog off with a little reminder. If John Edwards wins the Democratic nomination next year, and then the general election he would become the Commander in Chief of the United States Armed Forces.
Keep that in mind as we discuss Edwards’ latest attempt to gain media attention in a Democratic primary that is clearly dominated by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
In a foreign policy speech yesterday, Edwards denounced the War on Terror calling it nothing more than a bumper sticker strategy to gain political support for the Iraq invasion.
Edwards seems to forget that there are terrorists in the world that were around prior to Iraq and will be around after we leave Iraq.
Let’s break this down a little bit. Edwards doesn’t like the war in Iraq. He thinks it was a mistake. That’s fine. He’s entitled to his opinion. But let’s be honest here, Edwards is trying to market and package himself as an anti-war candidate, hoping that the American voters are distraught enough over the war in Iraq to give their support behind the one-time Senator from North Carolina.
The problem with Edwards is that he is still arguing about why we went to Iraq and the policy decisions that led to those decisions. Edwards is becoming, on foreign policy, like the disgruntled fan sitting in the upper deck, upset about a call in the first quarter, who as the game is continued to be played won’t back down on his being upset, yet fails to see the entire game taking shape.
Is Edwards’ approach working? According to Real Clear Politics, it doesn’t appear to be the case. Edwards is polling at about 13 percent, while Clinton is polling in the 30s. That’s a large amount of ground to make up. Though it’s still early in the game, Edwards is throwing darts at the wall wanting them to stick.
His latest comment, however, doesn’t work and the American public appears to be seeing through the lawyer’s game.
