After attending the John Edwards Townhall event at the Grand Sierra tonight it seems to me that the big story isn't necessarily the issues that he is campaigning on (although he handled the himself well with humor and gave some reasonably substantive answers to questions). The real story, mirrored in the story linked above, is that the turnout appeared to be at least double what they were expecting. I have no idea the final numbers of those in attendance. I'll be curious to see how the story is played tonight on the local news.
What I did come away with from the event was that the man is clearly charismatic, knowledgable, and does appear to be able to take a stand on issues. After seeing him in 2004 as a VP candidate, he appeared more assured, and in some ways less hamstrung by playing second fiddle to John Kerry. Clearly he is positioning himself as a populist which I can't help but find appealing.
Stay tuned folks! It's going to be a wild couple of years for Nevadans as the Presidential races revs up.
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Security estimates the crowd to be around 2500. Channel 8's Ed Pierce said "nearly a thousand." I go with security.
We were hoping for 500! Holey smokes!
A good turnout, no doubt. I'm curious how Obama will do in NV. Both he and Edwards strike me at first glance as having potential to lead the Demos. As much as I can appreciate Hillary's intelligence, she strikes me as having to much baggage to be electable. But I'm not saying anything new here.
That should be "too" much. Not enough coffee this morning.
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