I think, as Petey argues in the last thread, that the best world argument for Edwards on change is that he's the only one of the Democrats who's willing to make this election about his agenda, rather than himself, and that that has a much greater chance of creating a mandate for change. And if that's true, you can probably extend it to a willingness to use the bully pulpit to focus popular pressure on Congress that will continue into office. In other words, his theory of change is popular pressure activated by presidential leadership. I agree with that. I've actually identified it as the Edwards' theory of health reform in the past. But the question, to me, has always been whether John Edwards identifies it as the Edwards theory of health reform. This video suggests that he does, which, to me, is comforting:
