Quote of the day... "There are rare times in a candidate's career when his or her carefully manufactured message begins to exceed the bounds of normal political rhetoric and approach something closer to fundamental truth. Over the past three weeks in Iowa, Sen. John Edwards' (D-N.C.) stump speech did something like that, transforming him from also-ran to contender for the Democratic nomination." -- Garance Franke-Ruta, The American Prospect ("Closing Arguments" 1/23/04)