COUNCIL BLUFFS DAILY NONPAREIL: EDWARDS DEMOCRATS’ BEST CHOICE FOR IOWA, NATION
Council Bluffs’ daily paper endorses John Edwards for president, says Edwards understands the wants and needs of Iowans as the only candidate with rural roots
Des Moines, Iowa – Today, the Daily Nonpareil of Council Bluffs, Iowa formally endorsed John Edwards for president. This endorsement, from the daily paper in the largest city in southwest Iowa, is a clear sign of Edwards’ growing momentum going into the Iowa caucuses this week.
“Iowans have big voices and strong convictions,” the Daily Nonpareil wrote in its endorsement of Edwards. “We have families and jobs and needs to survive. And we want a leader who understands us, who listens to us and who will do right by us. That leader is John Edwards.
“The son of a textile mill worker, Edwards has a better knowledge of the wants and needs of rural America,” the endorsement continued. “He can relate to the rural culture better than any of the other democratic candidates, as he is the only candidate with rural roots.
“Edwards knows Iowa. He has spent much of his campaign visiting all of our 99 counties and talking WITH, not AT, our residents. We believe John Edwards is the strongest of all the Democratic candidates and the most viable in a presidential election.”
The full text of the endorsement can be viewed online at: https://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19152763&BRD=2703&PAG=461&dept_id=555106&rfi=6