Edwards Hit JACKPOT in Vegas!

Reviews Are In: Edwards Hits The Jackpot
Jan 15, 2008
11:40 PM

Edwards Declared the Winner by a Focus Group of Undecided
Nevada Voters. On Fox News, Frank Luntz' focus group from Las Vegas of thirty
undecided Nevada Democrats declared Edwards the winner. Luntz:

"How many
of you thought John Edwards won?" [1/2 crowd raises hand]

"How many of
you came in supporting Senator Edwards?" [About 3 people raise hand]

"On
issue after issue, we're going to show this to you tomorrow night, his language
actually scored better than Senator Clinton and Senator Obama." [Fox News,
1/15/08]

NBC's Chuck Todd: On Edwards, "I thought he did a really good
job tonight…He was the heart and gut campaign tonight. He was very good." After
the debate, Chuck Todd said, "And by the way, Edwards, I thought he
personalized...I thought he did a really good job tonight. I thought he, we
talked about the fierce urgency of facts, right, that Clinton brought out. He
was heart. He was the heart and gut campaign tonight. He was very good." [MSNBC,
1/15/08]

NBC's Chuck Todd: "I Thought Edwards Gave the Best
Presentation." "On the perception front, I thought Edwards gave the best
presentation; he may have been a little light on speaking time, but in this
intimate forum, his skill of making every one of his answers personal to the
viewer shined through very well."
[http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/15/581417.aspx]

NBC's
Chuck Todd: "Head vs. gut on first economic answer…Edwards made the answer
personal and talked about people; Clinton talked about the problem in more
technical terms." 9:45: "Watching both Edwards and Clinton handle this first
economic question really shows the difference in their personalities. Edwards
made the answer personal and talked about people; Clinton talked about the
problem in more technical terms. A head vs gut answer; both campaigns are
probably pleased with the contrast." ["Head vs. gut on first economic answer,"
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/15/581257.aspx]

ABC's
Rick Klein: "Edwards finds his voice when he talks about money in politics --
it's effective stuff." "10:29 pm: Edwards finds his voice when he talks about
money in politics -- it's effective stuff, to a point."
[http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/01/live-blogging-o.html]

ABC's Rick Klein: "Edwards Again Kept Things Most to His Message." "11
pm: Final thoughts -- first, on the debate. Edwards again kept things most to
his message…"
[http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/01/live-blogging-o.html]

ABC's Rick Klein: "A good question from Edwards -- don't the people who
are giving you money expect something?" "10 pm: A good question from Edwards --
don't the people who are giving you money expect something? Obama's answer was
fine, but little that didn't sound pre-packaged, even insidery."
[http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/01/live-blogging-o.html]

Reno Gazette-Journal's Anjeanette Damon: Edwards Steeled His Credentials
"By Pointing Out He Is the Only Candidate to Explicitly Oppose the Construction
of New Nuclear Power Plants." When "the inevitable Yucca Mountain question is
broached...Edwards attempted to steel his credentials by pointing out he is the
only candidate to explicitly oppose the construction of new nuclear power
plants."
[http://www.rgj.com/blogs/inside-nevada-politics/2008/01/inevitable-yucca-mountain-question-is.html]

ABC's Rick Klein: "This is a real point of distinction for Edwards, and
a valuable one in South Carolina, on guns." "10:43 pm: This is a real point of
distinction for Edwards, and a valuable one in South Carolina, on guns. For as
far left as he's tacked, it's not happening on the Second Amendment, and that
could be worth a few points."
[http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/01/live-blogging-o.html]