Edwards and Rural America

I thought this was neat:

But when two weeks ago Loyd Johnson received a call from the Edwards campaign seeking input in the former North Carolina senator’s Rural Recovery Act, he was impressed.

“The young man listened to all of my comments for half an hour,” says Johnson. “And I said a lot of things.”

When you're writing up a policy on a presidential campaign, it's just plain logistically challenging to talk to regular people in the fields you'll be affecting. So I thought that was well done on the part of the campaign. What I'm really happy to see is that Edwards has a well-developed plan for revitalizing rural America. John Edwards knows personally that small, one-industry towns are especially sensitive to economic downturns, so it's important to make sure that rural America is just as prepared as our suburbs and cities for the 21st century. It's just another reflection of John Edwards' belief that every human being is equally valuable. It's a refreshing attitude for a major presidential contender.