Blue Hampshire: You want to know what a preemptive strike on the Obama candidacy looks like? Here is it is, textbook perfect, from John Edwards himself. Today, standing in front of a sign asserting "Tomorrow Begins Today" he stated:

"Identifying the problem and talking about hope is waiting for tomorrow."

And in perhaps the most brilliant framing I've seen in this campaign so far, he began to weave a theme into the rest of the remarks: There's hope, and there's action. I'm action.

Via MyDD, where Stoller says "One of the coolest differences between 2004 and 2008 is the development of local blogospheres with great writing, pictures, and video.  It's not only that we can get around the self-interested Broderite hacks, but it also shows that there's a real and national progressive political network complementing Dean's 50 state strategy."

I think the ecosystem developing around BlueNC could become a real force in North Carolina politics.

Semi-related: Redstate sold itself to a publishing company.

Comments

[Anglico]

Thanks, Ed.

We're pretty excited about prospects for the year ahead, especially with our new front-pagers on board. I think it's fair to say that the North Carolina 2007 Legislative Session will be blogged!

[Robert P.]

I think BlueNC could serve as a real clearing house for NC, as a multi-user site.

[Ed Cone]

Flesh that idea out a bit for me, RP, when you get a chance.

[coturnix]

BlueNC rocks!

[TarGator]

Interesting take on the Edwards candidacy. I think his best chances are if either Hillary or Obama runs but noit both. Since one running will clear the field of a lot of folks and Edwards is a good alternative to either, but with both running, they will dominate the stage too much.

[John Burns]

Obama only is a front runner because the media has been saying that for 45 days straight. The man is impressive, and I like him, but he's never won a race iun which he faced a real opponent. Bobby Rush crushed him, and he ran against a certified Grade A joke for Senate.