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SwampCast: John Edwards Goes to the Video

Today's 'Cast talks about the latest video releases from the Edwards campaign. This ad:

And this snark clip job:

The clip job is amusing and effective, the ad is emotional and effective. The clip's title, "The Politics of Parsing," is a smart play on the Hillary camp's attempt to turn her debate performance into a referendum on manners, "The Politics of Pile-On." It's a rare occasion of the Clinton campaign implying that gender is an issue while the Edwards campaign sticks with her actual performance.

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