Forgoing TV, Edwards Cultivates Grass Roots

FORGOING TV, EDWARDS CULTIVATES GRASS ROOTS
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Christine Hauser]
Why isn't John Edwards on TV in Iowa like other presidential hopefuls? “I think both of them have spent millions of dollars on television,” Mr. Edwards replied to the woman. “But if they don't spend most of their time answering your questions, they are not ready to be president.” Mr. Edwards’s grass-roots effort has been as much for effect as necessity. With $7 million raised in the third quarter, a third of the sum raised by Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, Mr. Edwards’s campaign is pacing itself. “We are absolutely up against two media giants in Senators Obama and Clinton,” the press secretary, Mark Kornblau, said Thursday, when the campaign was in Columbus, Ky. Columbus won a visit in an Internet contest. “We have to do everything we can to capitalize on our grass-roots support and be creative,” Mr. Kornblau said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/us/politics/10edwards.html?ref=todaysp...
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