John Edwards Picks A Winner

Trippi joins Edwards campaign
By Aman Ali
April 19, 2007

Joe Trippi, whom many credit with Howard Dean’s brief but meteoric rise to the top of the 2004 Democratic presidential field, will join the campaign of former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.).

“We couldn’t be more excited to have Joe join our team,” Edwards’s campaign manager, David Bonior, said. “He’s creative, passionate, committed and shares John Edwards’s vision of an America that works for all of us.”

Trippi will join the Edwards camp as a senior adviser and member of the campaign’s media team.

As Dean’s campaign manager, Trippi was credited for pioneering many campaign tactics used by candidates today, including small-donor Internet fundraising and utilizing blogs and social-networking sites.

On Edwards’s campaign blog, Trippi admitted Thursday he originally thought Dean’s 2004 run would be the last campaign he would be a part of.

“Too much is at stake,” Trippi wrote. “The war in Iraq continues, and more of our troops will lose their lives. Working Americans are losing ground … John Edwards is leading the way and making a difference on all of these issues.”


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