I think Canada is just as influenced by the media as those in the U.S. are. Your views on Edwards alone show that. The 'other half' of this country lives right near him and he never bothers to do a thing for them and never has. He did almost nothing for North Carolina while he was a Senator here. All talk and no play.

Here is how much North Carolinians think of Edwards:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/11/edwards-slips-to-third-in_n_81113.html

The problem is not that Edwards is so bad, he really is no different than any of the others. He may have high ideals and great ideas but he never accomplished much here. Is he the best of the bunch or just a great stump speaker? He and Obama are similar in that both are aiming high with very little experience and time spent in the pits. The lack of experience for both concerns me but then that is also time not spent currying favors and getting enmeshed in the system. Clinton on the other hand is a great manipulator and may accomplish alot but what she will try to accomplish is impossible to foresee because her position on many issues has changed so much. She has a great disdain for those 'below her' and doesn't hesitate to show it and that concerns me.



>I contend that the media's influence is far far greater than you assess. To the point that most of you cannot even recognize it, it being so engrained in the culture.