John Edwards arrived with plenty of time to work the crowd in the food line before his speech, though sometimes he had trouble hearing questions because of his loud, enthusiastic claque.
Edwards exchanges pleasantries with local political legend Dick Myers (even though Myers is backing Obama).
County Supervisor Terrence Neuzil handled the Edwards introduction.
Edwards took the stage to Bruce Springsteen's "Land Of Hope And Dreams," making him the only candidate with stage music. He was also the only candidate to enter through the crowd; the others did their handshaking on the way out.
As always, the Edwards speech began with the Elizabeth's Fine reference, and Elizabeth was on hand to verify that. She was the only spouse seen traveling with the candidates, much to the disappointment of us Elizabeth Kucinich fans.
The speech was standard stump, though there was a "I run for president on behalf of..." cadence I hadn't heard before. During the war section, some local peace movement protesters began chanting "We won't wait! Till 2008!" Edwards responded with a quick "God bless you, I love that chant," which went over well with both the peace folks and the party regulars. He also threw in a little criticism of Senator Clinton by name for continuing combat missions.
Team Peace was greeting folks on the way in, and David Goodner reported mostly positive responses.
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