Super Tuesday is rapidly approaching—February 5, nine days away—and we are at a crossroads. We have an opportunity in Alabama to vote for the only candidate who has consistently fought for the rights of the middle class. To make healthcare a basic right in America. To allow workers to organize and work for a livable wage. And to ensure that the child who grows up in a single parent household has the same chances at a great future as a child of privlige in the suburbs.

That candidate is Senator John Edwards—the champion of the working class. Alan Jackson's song "Little Man" is an anthem to the working people who make America work, and who are continually getting shut out the American Dream.

My father owned a Texaco gas station for 25 years—Fred's Texaco. Where his very popular small station stood has been bulldozed and now there is a big corporate Exxon mini mart. Good luck getting the person behind the counter selling you beef jerkey to come take a look at that noise under your hood. Trust me, this song speaks to me.

If you are from Alabama—or anywhere else for that matter—and are 30 yrs of age or older, think about how many places you grew up with that are no longer standing. What happened to the neighborhood pharmacist? He's been shut down by CVS and Walgreens. Do you want to buy a special piece of jewelry for your husband or wife? The jeweler who sold you your wedding bands is no longer on Main Street because the corporate jewelers are now all in the mall.

                            For the Fred's Texaco, Crystal Cleaners in Tuscaloosa,  vote Edwards. For the Little Man.