Keep going.  All candidates get this type of thing done.  How many times do I have to say, the media try to make scandals out of anything that John Edwards does, and everything they claim is a scandal, is something that every other candidate does, from expensive hair/make up sessions, large houses, "investments", etc.

But, see, it doesn't matter, because this ties in perfectly to his campaign. Think about it: all Mitt Romney was doing was practicing trickle-down economics. Sure, the hairstylists he was using are rich Hollywood types who don't need the business. Sure, he was probably using products imported from China. Sure, he's probably using hair gel that's made from the severed feet of industrial workers in third world countries. But it's people like Mitt Romney who provide the market for those workers to sell their feet in order to provide for their families a better life and more opportunity. You're not against markets, are you?

Not the same. Sorry. Nice try. From John Edwards' own hairstylist (i.e., cutter) when he showed up there was an entire team of Edwards people focused on his appearance).  He was but one of many!

The guy who cut, I say cut cause Edwards unceremoniously now refuses to acknoledge the existence of the guy with whom he talked about some heavy shit with (if we are to believe the guy who cut his hair), his hair did so free and then started charging $400 when Edwards started to rise. How any man can pay that much for a haircut is beyond me! But keep defending the indefensible!

I am getting a haircut tomorrow. I expect to pay $15 and leave a big tip.

One of the reasons why the Edwards story got such big play is because of Edwards' continued rhetoric of "Two Americas". When you run such a campaign, you leave yourself open to these kinds of stories and attacks. Romney has no such narrative, so don't hold your breath for similar coverage.

The MSM will not call out Romney.  Romney can't list a single imperfection with America which means he is unaware of poverty or he doesn't care.  In any case, he is acting the way rich people should act. He doesn't betray his class, so he gets a pass.

The Hillary/Obama defender-trolls on MyDD are getting nuttier by the minute.  They are on their own trying to triangulate for the mushy middle on a progressive site.  All that money and Obama's poll position stays constant and Hillary's unfavorable     ratings are still sky high. Sad, Sad, Sad.    

Have to say that it's not the same. It doesn't fit into the right stereotype of Romney. With Edwards, he was already perceived as a rich, pretty boy with a glib tongue and perhaps not a lot of substance. I'm not saying the narrative is correct. But that's how people have perceived him. Then he goes out and builds that umpty million dollar home. Then the haircut happened. It was written for him. Not just by the journos. The same with Kerry wind surfing on vacation. It fit right into the narrative he was helping to create. Why did the whole Gore created the Internet and was the inspiration for that movie stick? Because the perception of Gore was that he was a bit of a know it all who aimed to please everyone, as well.

It's not all the right wing's fault. All of those things were kind of not so smart on the part of the politician if they had stopped to look at how they are perceived. That's one of the reasons Clinton is doing so well. She understands the narrative that has been created for her and has been systematically toppling it down.

I feel like we need to be a bit more sophisticated in our analyses of our candidates. And we need to call our candidates to better understand themselves and their narratives. When we all understand this, we, too, can control the media more effectively. Just look at Bush, the master at controlling the media. How did a Yale and Harvard educated child of the Connecticut upper class end up coming across like Bubba? He changed his narrative and we progressives and the whole media bought into it hook line and sinker. I never for one minute thought his malapropisms were anything but an affectation to make him seem more like the hoi poloi. And we mocked him. We mocked him toward two elections.

thank you so much for bringing this to our attention.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/200707 17/pl_bloomberg/aiopowqynfe

Above is the link to yahoo which takes the story from Bloomburg.com.  and yeah it's a snippet at the end of the story but it's snowballing man, I can feel it!!! snark

Pathetic, Annefrank. If you can't see that spending 300-400 bucks on a haircut after giving speech on poverty as conflicting behavior, you are a zealot.