Is John Edwards Running for King?

Someone tell John Edwards he is running for President and not king. He made a statement that he will tell the Congress, the Cabinet and the Vice President that if they do not enact universal health care by 2009 they will lose theirs.

Congress is the only body capable of doing that. Remember the President does not spend a single dime, and if no bill comes to his desk, he can't do a single thing. The best thing he can do is use the bully pulpit to shame the Congress into acting. Hopefully they won't have the votes.

The problem here is that John Edwards seems to see every campaign stop and every candidates forum as a closing argument, where you can say pretty much anything you want and it is free time. No need to be particularly accurate just blather.

Edwards spent six years as a Senator, so he knows how the government works. This makes it worse. He knows there are lots of people out here saying "You go John!!!'. He is preying on their emotions and using their worries about health care to be a major demagogue. This is sick!!

Hopefully he will never be elected, but continues to be the most entertaining candidate. It would be Dennis Kucinich if he weren't so darn annoying.