Edwards' substance on social issues ignored on Meet the Press

Despite what I believed to be Edwards' resouding victory in Thursday night's debate at Howard, Tavis Smiley chose to promote the findings of a group of 30 people polled after the debate. They believed that Hillary won the debate (apparently with one or two seemingly scripted and Bill-inspired quotes that got resounding applause, but with little substance or details). The panel devoted their "Democrats" time to Obama and Hillary and ignored every other Democratic presidential candidate completely. It was apparent that the Christian Broadcasting Network guy was rooting for Hillary because he wants Republicans to beat her in the general election--but Tim never pointed that out for us.

When the "discussion" on Meet the Press turned to the Republicans it was Giuliani-TV (not surprising considering this has been Tim's favorite person for a long time). I'll never forget Russert giving Giuliani at least half the show right before the 2004 election to pump up George Bush and destroy Kerry over the "war on terrorism." Yet, Russert actually showed projected results in the Iowa primary for REPUBLICANS, yet he didn't do that with Democrats. Why? This knocked Giuliani down to third or fourth place, giving the panel a chance to discuss Mitt Romney for 3.5 seconds or less.

I would like to point out two important DEMOCRATIC polls for your notice, since they are apparently escaping the gaze of the press right now:

Edwards leads in Iowa

Edwards beats Giuliani and Romney in the general election (He's actually tied with Guiliani now )-:)

"Twenty-eight percent (28%) say they will definitely vote for Edwards if he is on the ballot in 2008. Thirty-two percent (32%) will definitely vote against him. That net deficit of four points (28% for minus 32% against) is the best for any candidate seeking the White House at this time. Thompson and Giuliani rank second and third by that measure."