Since there was no town hall meeting scheduled for people in Somervell County, we went to the Hood County meeting in Granbury. (Will say again that I think it's important and want Edwards to have a town hall meeting HERE.. in Somervell County... EVERY TIME he holds town hall meetings in adjoining counties.)

First, here's audio of the entire thing in case you can't watch videos from your computer.

MP3

I've chunked some of Edward's opening statements, which dealt, first, with local issues and then national ones. On a later post, probably tomorrow, I will have some of the audience questions and comments chunked.

The Granbury Mayor, David Southern,

May take a bit to load

On voting for the Children's Health Care bill.

Kind of speaks for itself0.

I disagree with Edwards take on this. He seems to believe that the military trumps all. He reiterates also that semantic change in mission that will leave troops in Iraq but to fight Al Qaida. I do have a question I wish someone would ask him. Will they be leaving, at such huge taxpayer expense, contractors such as Blackwater to, for example, guard the Green Zone?