If you're not an Edwards campaign supporter, but you appreciate what Elizabeth has done, why not donate to the WELL (Wade Edwards Learning Lab)??

The Wade Edwards Foundation was set up by the Edwards family following the death of Wade in 1996. I'm sure they'd love to receive donations - check the link in the first line to view their various programs.

who else will be watching?

The forum will be broadcast live from the campus of Howard University in Washington, DC. Tavis Smiley of PBS will be the moderator. Meet the panelists who will also be questioning the candidates.

According to the PBS press release here (PDF file): "The candidates will be asked about issues ranging from healthcare and housing to Katrina relief, the economy and the environment, among others outlined in the #1 The New York Times best-seller, Covenant With Black America."

The only thing that gave me pause was that Frank Luntz (everybody's favorite right-leaning pollster) will be providing "immediate public feedback" post-debate. Blech.



Program info: Airing on PBS @ 9-10:30pm EDT (8-9:30pm CDT)

Also streaming live on the web here. It will apparently be archived for later download according to the same PBS press release referenced above.

Check out the Texas OneCorps page at the OAC - looks like there's a Houston group you can join forces with!

There's also a Texas for Edwards presence on the web, if you're interested... Small, but willing to grow!

Just a reminder:

Sen. Edwards is slated to appear on MSNBC's "Hardball w/ Chris Matthews" tomorrow, when Matthews' "College Tour" arrives on the campus of UNC Chapel Hill.

From the One America Committee Blog:


Two for one, John and Elizabeth - and a full one-hour show (less commercial time, of course...)? Brilliant!

..."His n' Hers" Edition.

Both John and Elizabeth have been very busy this past quarter with their individual book tours, and I've been busy archiving as many of their media appearanaces as possible. The links to the "his 'n hers" diaries are buried in the comments of another post in this forum, but for those who haven't seen these yet, here you go.

On the OAC Blog, visit:
TV re-caps for the First Couple: updated

Table of Contents
For Mrs Edwards, the following appearances are available:

1. Oprah Winfrey show (w/ John and Cate; in three parts)
   
2. NBC - Today show
   
3. NBC - Weekend Today show
   
4. PBS - The Charlie Rose Show (Google video; fee)
   
5. CNN - American Morning
   
6. MSNBC - Hardball
   
7. ABC - The View
   
8. CSPAN - BookTV
   
9. Audio: Q&A from the Broadway/Random House website
   
10. Audio: NPR - The Diane Rehm Show
    
11. Audio: WGN Radio - The John Williams Show

For the Senator, there's:

1. ABC - Good Morning America
   
2. FOX "News" - Hannity & Colmes
   
3. "The Daily Show"
   
4. PBS - The Charlie Rose Show (Google video; fee)
   
5. FOX "News" - FOX & Friends
   
6. FOX "News" - Your World w/ Neil Cavuto
   
7. CNN - The Situation Room
   
8. CBS - The Late Show
   
9. The Martha Stewart Show
   
10. CNBC - The Tim Russert Show
    
11. CSPAN - BookTV
    
12. Audio: NPR - Fresh Air with Terri Gross
    
13. Audio: The Jim Bohannon Show
    
14. Audio: WGN Radio - The John Williams Show
    
15. Audio: Speech to the Commonwealth Club of Santa Clara, CA
    
16. Audio: Q&A session from the Dallas booksigning

Hope it's ok for me to link to a post I made on another site.

It just seems so...quiet in here!

John Edwards - at "Home" in Dallas

Senator Edwards answered questions about the Iraq study group, attack-dog politics, civil rights, and winning in the South; I summarized his replies in the above diary posted to the OAC Blog. There's some interesting food for thought there, IMO.

Elizabeth's TV appearances for the "Saving Graces" book tour

John's TV appearances for the "Home" book tour (incomplete)

...incomplete, because I haven't ripped and uploaded the CBS Sunday Morning appearance from yesterday yet.

Floor Statement by John Edwards
Wednesday, September 12, 2001

Mr. President:

We each awoke yesterday to a much different world than the one we have to accept today.

On the most basic and important level, we have lost the lives of heroes and victims. We know that behind the devastating numbers are real Americans, with real families, with real accomplishments, with real hopes.

We also know - sadly - that we can never reclaim these lives.

We can only honor them and remember them, and in their names we can devote ourselves to taking every action to assure that no further Americans make these supreme sacrifices.

My scripture teaches us to "weep with them that weep, be of the same mind one toward another."

I speak now to the families of those who have been taken.

We in this chamber cannot erase yesterday, although we wish we had a way to do that.

In the difficult days and years that will come, we will keep their lives and their names and their sacrifices in our hearts and we will translate our grief and anger into a determination to prevent this tragedy from being repeated.

I know that it is little solace for real loss, but it is an important commitment I truly believe they would each wish us to make.

We will not forget.

And we will act.

For 225 years now, America has been more than a nation-state; more than a set of borders, or a piece of land.

America is an idea – and that idea is freedom.

Freedom of thought; freedom of movement; freedom to shape our lives and our society in the way we choose.

Yesterday morning, it wasn't just America that came under assault. It was the hopes and aspirations of freedom-loving peoples across this world.

Mr. President, there is a reason America does not bow down to terrorism;

There is a reason we live by the rule of law – and not by the law of the jungle;

There is a reason we will return to our homes and office buildings, and reclaim our skies and our pride;

There is a reason we will marshal all our resources, all our resolve, and the awesome strength of our military to catch these death-mongers, to punish them, to make them pay for their ugly misdeeds:

Because we surrender our freedom to no one.

I commend President Bush for his leadership in this difficult time, and I urge all of my colleagues, on both sides of the aisle, to stand with him.

From time to time, from issue to issue, the votes in this chamber may be divided. But when it comes to defeating terrorism and hate, the United States Senate will not be divided.

Some have wondered, in the aftermath of this tragedy, whether our country will ever be the same again.

Of course, we need to make our airports safer – and we will.

We need to make our flights more secure, and their flight patterns more inviolate – and we will.

We need to do more to root our terrorism in the countries where it is tolerated, funded, and harbored – and we will.

But the strength of a nation is measured not in airport scanners or flight controls. It is measured in the grit and will of our people when it's needed the most.

By that standard, America is the strongest, toughest, most resilient nation on God's Earth.

Scripture also tells us that "whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant."

We glimpsed that greatness yesterday, in rescue efforts in New York City and at the Pentagon – with policemen and firemen, military personnel, and so many brave volunteers putting themselves in harm's way to save lives. Too many of them paid the ultimate price for their courage.

My Senate office was practically flooded with calls yesterday from concerned North Carolinians – people who wanted to give blood, to donate clothes and blankets, to open their hearts in this time of solidarity and need.

I am especially proud that a group of Marine medical personnel from Camp LeJeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina is preparing to leave for New York to assist in any way they can.

Today, we cannot help but think: how fragile is the safety and security we take for granted.

But throughout our history, we have weathered war and pestilence; we have met every kind of disaster, both natural and man-made; we have mastered every challenge and conquered every foe.

The spirit of America is strong. The power of freedom will overcome. And by reaffirming that freedom through strength, justice, and compassion, we will honor the memory of those now departed, and give renewed purpose to those who will now carry on.