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DEL.ICIO.USThe Big Guy resurfaces for John Edwards
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, will add a second stop in Georgia on Tuesday. She’ll be in Savannah, then head for a Macon fund-raiser.
(Barack Obama’s wife Michelle is in Atlanta for a fund-raiser on June 6.)
In the meantime, the Edwards campaign has released a new list of Georgia supporters and it includes former lieutenant governor Mark Taylor. “He is definitely the most electable candidate in 2008 and we need a Southerner who is committed to providing good paying jobs with benefits for all Americans,” Taylor says in the release.
Taylor was among those in attendance last month at the Jefferson-Jackson Day fund-raiser for the state Democratic party. Edwards was the keynote speaker. Cathy Cox, who was Taylor’s rival in the primary race for governor last year, was there as well — but so far as we know, hasn’t made her presidential preferences known.
Other Edwards supporters announced Monday:
— State Sen. Valencia Seay of Riverdale;
— State Sen. Steve Henson of Tucker;
— State Rep. Wade Starr of Fayetteville;
— Jeff Carter, associate director for the Conflict Resolution Program and son of President Jimmy Carter
— Stephen Leeds, Atlanta attorney, party insider, and close ally of former U.S. senator Max Cleland;
— Michael Moore, former state senator and Middle Georgia attorney;
— John Moore, former state representative and former chairman of the Polk County Democratic party;
— Nick Giles, former Taylor County sheriff and past president of the Georgia Sheriffs Association;
— Ashley Bell, former DNC executive committee member and former national president of the College Democrats of America.
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By rightofcenter
June 5, 2007 12:33 PM | Link to this
Interesting that the Georgia Democrats (Mark Taylor, DuBose Porter)are showing their true colors. It is widely recognized around the country that John Edwards is running to the left of the other major candidates…..and that includes Obama and Hillary. So our Georgia Dems are attaching themselves to the most liberal of the national Democrats. Now what’s that difference between the state party and the national party, again?
By Smart Moderate
June 5, 2007 1:31 PM | Link to this
Obiously, you don’t realize that Edwards is more moderate than any other candidate running on the democratic ticket. I consider Taylor to be clearly a moderate and not a liberal. To be liberal would be to support Obama or Hillary.