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Giuliani Makes It Clear: 'Leave My Family Alone'
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And at a visit to the Iowa State Fair the same day, Edwards drew loud applause when he called for a shift in the way business is done inside the Beltway. "I want to make it clear to America that we are not the party of Washington insiders," Edwards said.
Later, talking to reporters, Edwards took a subtle shot at Obama, saying that being gentle with corporate interests -- pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies, oil companies -- is not the way to effect change.
Obama, in promising to end the cozy relationship between lobbyists and lawmakers, has done so in a relatively conciliatory way -- saying that lobbyists can have a seat at the table but not buy all the chairs. His campaign issued a statement in response to Edwards's appeal, saying that Obama "appreciates what John Edwards is saying about lobbyists" but that it is not enough to just refuse money from them. "We have to curb their influence," the statement said.
-- Anne E. Kornblut
LOOKING AT NUMBERS
When It Comes to Polling, Results Can Ride on Wording
A new poll shows Democratic presidential candidates decidedly out of the mainstream in their universal opposition to the Supreme Court's recent decision to limit how race can be used in public school assignments.
But are they really out of step?
In a June forum at Howard University, the Democratic candidates lined up against the court's decision to restrict school boards' use of race in specific school assignment, using the ruling -- announced the same day as the debate -- to display their bona fides before the largely African American audience.
But in the new Quinnipiac University poll, 71 percent of registered voters said that they agree with the court's ruling; only 24 percent said they disagree with it. Moreover, the poll shows that majorities of Democrats (64 percent), Republicans (79 percent) and independents (71 percent) alike agree that "public schools may not consider an individual's race when deciding which students are assigned to specific schools."
