Quote Of the Day -

Quote Of the Day - I started writing a piece on John Edwards' appearance on the Russert show (underway as I write this). The original topic, of course, was his triviality on foreign policy - which makes him "about average" among Democratic candidates. I stopped writing when I realized that nobody cares about John Edwards.

But when Russert pointed out that Edwards' campaign has come under criticism for being "a wholly owned subsidiary of the tort bar" - Russert noted that 51% of his contributions have come from law firms and lawyers - Edwards responded:

Remember - nearly half of my contributions come from average, working Americans!

Oh, the rest of his appearance was a highly-concentrated strain of idiocy. Russert set a beautiful trap, asking how Edwards felt about Howard Dean's support for civil unions for gays (which Edwards is on record against). Edwards responded "I think that's a matter for the states to decide". Russert responded "What if you were the governor of North Carolina?" Edwards responded "I'd oppose it".

Russert then pounced, noting that Edwards felt that gun control and abortion were both federal, not state issues. Edwards phumphered and harrumphed...

...in fact the only thing he didn't do is lose my vote. Granted, he never had it, but it's something.