COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Democrat John Edwards touted his ties to rural America on Thursday and promised anew to fight powerful special interests he says “are stealing your children’s future.”
Edwards opened his latest Iowa campaign swing with stops in heavily Republican and rural western Iowa, talking up proposals to bolster rural sections of the country. He routinely talks about being born in rural South Carolina and growing up in a series of southern mill towns.
He argued that he is the candidate who is promising to confront the power elite directly to improve the fortunes of the poor and middle class.
“We are going to take on these people who are stealing your children’s future,” Edwards said.
“This is not rocket science. The rich are getting richer and what happened to the middle class? We need to have the strength and backbone to stand up to them. We are going to give you back the real Democratic Party.”
