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Edwards' New Plan: Outlast 'Celebrity Candidates'

Posted Jan 28, 08 9:10 PM CST in Politics 

(Newser) – John Edwards may be running third among Dem hopefuls, but he vowed to stay in the race today with a new long-term strategy, the Chicago Tribune reports. He plans to roll online donations into ad campaigns in Super Tuesday states and a dozen others—including "red" ones—until the race narrows "to one of the two celebrity candidates and us," he wrote in an upbeat memo to supporters.

"And when that happens we are confident that the remaining contests will break in our direction," he added. The memo also boasts of "an online fundraising" boom of $3.2 million this year, an 81% boost over December. However, he made no mention of his initial, failed strategy, to win or finish well in the first four states and ride that crest into Super Tuesday next week.
Source: Chicago Tribune

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Democrat John Edwards supporters Mary Baldwin, right, and Joseph Myers of Dublin, Ga. waive signs during a campaign rally for the presidential hopeful at a farmers market Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008, in Dublin,...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful, former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., speaks to a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally at a farmers market Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008, in Dublin, Ga., Edwards came in third...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful, former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., greets supporters at a the Blue Plate restaurant prior to a rally Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008, in Dublin, Ga. Edwards came in third in the...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful, former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., waves to supporters at a campaign rally Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008, in Columbia, S.C. Edwards came in third in the South Carolina Democratic...   (Associated Press)
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