John Edwards

schieffer __PUNCT__ and good morn again __PUNCT__

well __PUNCT__ there big new overnight __PUNCT__

if it came too late for your morn paper __PUNCT__ john_mccain did win the republican_primari in south_carolina __PUNCT__

thi wa realli a must __PUNCT__ win for senat_mccain over mike_huckabe __PUNCT__

and in nevada __PUNCT__ it wa hillari_clinton in a state where barack_obama had the support of two power labor_union __PUNCT__

and to put some ic on the cake for her __PUNCT__ she got __NUM__ percent of the hispan_vote __PUNCT__ which realli augur well for super_tuesdai __PUNCT__ when state like california and arizona __PUNCT__ which have larg hispan popul __PUNCT__ go to the poll __PUNCT__

mitt_romnei won in the republican nevada primari __PUNCT__ but the other republican realli didn't compet there __PUNCT__

join us now __PUNCT__ democrat john_edward __PUNCT__ who i must sai did not do well yesterdai in nevada __PUNCT__ which rais_question about where he goe from here __PUNCT__

he in south_carolina thi morn __PUNCT__

and i guess that where we start __PUNCT__ senat __PUNCT__

can you keep your campaign go __PUNCT__ edward __PUNCT__ oh __PUNCT__ absolut __PUNCT__

absolut __PUNCT__ bob __PUNCT__

i mean __PUNCT__ i now in south carolina __PUNCT__

i got my butt kick in nevada __PUNCT__

and what you learn from that is __PUNCT__ from all my life when that happen to me __PUNCT__ you just got to get up and start fight __PUNCT__ and particularli when you fight for the caus of your life __PUNCT__ which is make sure that peopl who don't have a voic get a voic __PUNCT__ and fight for the middl_class and low_incom incom_famili __PUNCT__

that what my life is about __PUNCT__

and i here in south_carolina __PUNCT__ the place that i wa born __PUNCT__ fight with everyth i got __PUNCT__

schieffer __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ senat __PUNCT__ let me ask you thi __PUNCT__

do you think thi ha less to do with you and more to do with just histor forc __PUNCT__ that you just sort of had the bad_luck to run for presid on the year when you have the first woman to be serious consid as elect to the presid run along with the first african __PUNCT__ american to be serious consid as elect __PUNCT__ edward __PUNCT__ oh __PUNCT__ do i think that a factor __PUNCT__ of cours it a factor __PUNCT__

there no doubt about that __PUNCT__

and we got a coupl of candid who gotten massiv public and rais___MONEY__ __MONEY___million __PUNCT__ plu each __PUNCT__

but i not in the busi of make excus __PUNCT__ bob __PUNCT__

not about nevada __PUNCT__ not about the campaign __PUNCT__

all three of us ar go to be perfectli fine when thi thing over __PUNCT__

the question is __PUNCT__ will we have done what need to be done for america __PUNCT__ i mean __PUNCT__ ar we go to do what ha to be done to preserv the middl_class and help low_incom incom_famili and help singl_mom who have no health_insur and bring thi war to an end __PUNCT__ i mean __PUNCT__ that what thi is about __PUNCT__

it not about ani of __PUNCT__ ani of us person __PUNCT__

schieffer __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ but the poll in nevada yesterdai seem to suggest that senat_clinton wa the on who could do those kind of thing __PUNCT__

i mean __PUNCT__ here you had these big labor_union endors senat_obama __PUNCT__ and yet she carri union household when ask who the candid with exactli the right experi __PUNCT__

she just swamp everybodi in the field on that __PUNCT__

i mean __PUNCT__ what is it about your messag __PUNCT__ why can't you get your messag out __PUNCT__ edward __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ for all the reason you just talk about __PUNCT__ bob __PUNCT__

and first of all __PUNCT__ congratul to senat_clinton __PUNCT__

she should be congratul for what happen in nevada __PUNCT__

but she and senat_obama have both spent massiv_amount of monei there __PUNCT__ put a massiv effort into the __PUNCT__ into the state __PUNCT__

we didn't run a singl radio or televis ad __PUNCT__

but the excus ar meaningless __PUNCT__

i mean __PUNCT__ what matter here is what go to happen for the countri __PUNCT__ what __PUNCT__ senat_clinton and senat_obama both get an enorm_amount of attent __PUNCT__ as thei have from over a year_ago __PUNCT__ but i think the kei for me is to keep fight for what it is i believ in __PUNCT__

it what i done __PUNCT__ i __NUM___year old __PUNCT__ bob __PUNCT__ i been do thi all my life __PUNCT__ and i certainli not go to stop now __PUNCT__ fight for the peopl that i fight for __PUNCT__

and that exactli what i go to do here in south_carolina __PUNCT__ and thi is a place i know veri well __PUNCT__

schieffer __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ what exactli is your strategi here __PUNCT__ senat __PUNCT__ i mean __PUNCT__ ar you try to hang around to hope for a broker convent __PUNCT__ i mean __PUNCT__ it seem to me somewher along the wai you got to win a primari here __PUNCT__

edward __PUNCT__ oh __PUNCT__ of cours i do __PUNCT__ there no question about that __PUNCT__

but thi is a long process __PUNCT__

as much __PUNCT__ as much as the media like to think that all of america is obsess with what happen in nevada or in iowa or in new hampshir __PUNCT__ we had three state vote so far out of __NUM__ __PUNCT__

we got __NUM__ left to vote __PUNCT__

and if you take thi as __PUNCT__ in a long_view __PUNCT__ which i do __PUNCT__ you know __PUNCT__ i season to thi __PUNCT__ i been through it befor __PUNCT__ you know that there ar lot of up and down in these campaign __PUNCT__

i mean __PUNCT__ i see __PUNCT__ i just heard you announc senat_mccain victori in south_carolina __PUNCT__

the nation_media had written him off four or five month_ago __PUNCT__ said he wa dead __PUNCT__ had no chanc __PUNCT__

i heard it over and over and over __PUNCT__ and all of a sudden he now the republican front __PUNCT__ runner __PUNCT__

i just tell you thi is a long process __PUNCT__ and thi is go to go on for a while __PUNCT__

schieffer __PUNCT__ you __PUNCT__ in a strategi memo that wa __PUNCT__ quot __PUNCT__ leak __PUNCT__ and a lot of the new media pick up on __PUNCT__ you refer to senat_clinton and senat_obama as the celebr candid __PUNCT__ and you also talk about senat obama be too weak to stand up to the republican and senat_clinton be too corpor __PUNCT__

what do you mean by those character __PUNCT__ edward __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ first of all __PUNCT__ let me just sai about each of them __PUNCT__ thei both veri good candid __PUNCT__

there a reason that thei ar where thei ar __PUNCT__

it not an accid __PUNCT__

and thei deserv credit for it __PUNCT__

thei have gotten an enorm_amount of attent __PUNCT__ but thei run veri good campaign __PUNCT__ both of them __PUNCT__

i think there ar differ in the approach that each on of us take to thi race __PUNCT__

senat_clinton __PUNCT__ i think __PUNCT__ is more the old style __PUNCT__ washington work the wai it doe __PUNCT__ and it ok to take the monei from the lobbyist and the special_interest pac __PUNCT__ which i never done __PUNCT__ and i proud of __PUNCT__

senat_obama __PUNCT__ i think __PUNCT__ ha a lot of __PUNCT__ a lot of great_idea __PUNCT__ and he doe believ in chang __PUNCT__

i believ he believ in chang __PUNCT__

he believ in it deepli __PUNCT__

but he ha what i would describ as a more academ approach to it than i do __PUNCT__

i think if you go to bring about chang you have to be will to fight for that chang __PUNCT__ that it not go to happen unless you will to take on these monei interest __PUNCT__

so i think each of us have a veri differ perspect on how we do what need to be done for america __PUNCT__

schieffer __PUNCT__ some peopl in the clinton_campaign ar tell me privat thi morn thei now believ that thi thing will be wrap up on super_tuesdai __PUNCT__

why do you believ that not so __PUNCT__ or do you __PUNCT__ edward __PUNCT__ oh __PUNCT__ i have __PUNCT__ thi __PUNCT__ we have a long wai to go __PUNCT__

and we got a primari in south_carolina thi saturdai __PUNCT__

there no wai __PUNCT__ the on thing we know from all the poll and everyth els __PUNCT__ from these first three contest __PUNCT__ is these race ar enorm unpredict __PUNCT__

and that certainli true here in south carolina __PUNCT__

and then we go to __DATE__ __PUNCT__ where there state all over the countri __PUNCT__ big state __PUNCT__ like new york __PUNCT__ california __PUNCT__ but there also a lot of other state __PUNCT__ oklahoma __PUNCT__ kansa __PUNCT__ there a whole group of state up from all across america that in mani wai repres the cross __PUNCT__ section of america __PUNCT__

and what we need to think about is __PUNCT__ as a parti __PUNCT__ is who ar we go to put up against who now look like it mai be john_mccain on the other side __PUNCT__

i mean __PUNCT__ thi is a gui who a great advoc for campaign_financ_reform __PUNCT__

so ar we go to put a candid against him who taken in lot of monei from lobbyist and pac __PUNCT__ and he also a veri strong candid __PUNCT__ with a long __PUNCT__ long record __PUNCT__ includ an extraordinari record of militari_servic __PUNCT__

so he will be strong __PUNCT__

and we have to put up somebodi who strong against him and somebodi who repres chang in a meaning wai __PUNCT__

schieffer __PUNCT__ do you think thi controversi that broke out over __PUNCT__ basic __PUNCT__ over race between senat_clinton and senat_obama is over __PUNCT__ or will that come back __PUNCT__ edward __PUNCT__ i don't know the answer to the __PUNCT__ i don't __PUNCT__ that a good question __PUNCT__ bob __PUNCT__

i don't know the answer to that __PUNCT__

i sure hope it over __PUNCT__

it not good for my parti __PUNCT__ and i think much more import than that __PUNCT__ as much as i love the democrat_parti __PUNCT__ it not good for america __PUNCT__

i mean __PUNCT__ i grew up in the south in the __PUNCT__ 50 and __PUNCT__ 60 __PUNCT__ and i seen __PUNCT__ i seen too much of thi __PUNCT__

and i want to see us continu __PUNCT__ we made progress __PUNCT__ we still have huge work to do on issu of race and equal in thi countri __PUNCT__

but we shouldn't be stir histor problem __PUNCT__

instead __PUNCT__ what we ought to be do is move thi countri forward on thi issu __PUNCT__

it a veri import_thing for america __PUNCT__

schieffer __PUNCT__ on quick question __PUNCT__

if you do not do well in south_carolina __PUNCT__ do you plan to go on to super_tuesdai __PUNCT__ edward __PUNCT__ absolut __PUNCT__

absolut __PUNCT__

i said over and over i am commit to thi __PUNCT__

my caus ha not gone awai __PUNCT__ and i in it for the long_haul __PUNCT__

schieffer __PUNCT__ all right __PUNCT__

senat __PUNCT__ thank you veri much __PUNCT__

hope we talk to you again __PUNCT__