Reasons for digital TV #278

Flicking round the channels earlier, I caught the tail end of Senator John Edwards' appearance on Jay Leno's show - I think it was originally on in the US sometime last week as they were talking at one point about Clark's withdrawal from the Presidential race. Now, it wasn't a particularly memorable interview, but Edwards made one comment that I found interesting.

Leno was asking him about negative campaigning and why Edwards had kept his campaign positive all the way through. Edwards answer was (and I'm paraphrasing slightly, because I don't usually take notes while watching TV) 'When politicians are talking about each other, people lose interest because they're not talking about the people' which was an interesting response. I may write more about this tomorrow, but right now I need to sleep and I just wanted to note this down. Anyone who did see the interview and can remember the quote better than me (as I'm sure it sounded much more eloquent than I've rendered it) should feel free to tell me the correct version in the comments.