And the problem is?

Stu Rothenberg frets over a perceived Edwardian shift to the left...

Increasingly, political observers are whispering that Edwards seems to be running much as former Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.) Did in 2004, wooing organized labor and recycling a class warfare message.

Of course, there's no need to recycle class warfare. It's been ongoing for some time (eternally, in some views), and it's the middle class that's most recently under seige. As a subscriber to the belief that organized labor is the strongest line of defense for the American middle class, and the best hope for it's future, I'm grateful whenever a Democratic leader takes up the labor banner. The fortunes of the two institutions - democratic labor unions and the Democratic Party - have long been linked. Each grows by feeding the other, and both sustain the middle class.

Observers are whispering? Heck, go tell it on the mountain!

The problem, I guess, is that folks like Rothenberg think that's a problem.