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A Democratic Field Without an Executive

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: January 17, 2008 · Comments (2)

That's the subtitle of a column today by the Washington Post's David Broder. It was fascinating to watch the three top contenders for the Democratic nomination discuss their concept of the presidency during Tuesday night's MSNBC debate in Las Vegas. But it was also stunning to realize that the three... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.7/5 (3 votes cast)

John Kerry to announce his endorsement of Barack Obama

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: January 10, 2008 · Comments (4)

Two years ago I predicted Kerry to quit the Senate this year. Looks like I'm going to be wrong. From AP- MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - Barack Obama has won the presidential endorsement of Sen. John Kerry, the Democrats' 2004 nominee who lost to George W. Bush. Kerry, a senator from... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.3/5 (3 votes cast)

Edwards: "The Clinton campaign has no conscience"

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: January 7, 2008 · Comments (1)

John Edwards is learning, according to The Politico's Ben Smith: Edwards responded sharply to a Clinton aide's criticism today, intensifying a back-and-forth that began at last night's debate, after Clinton said Nataline Sarkisyan could be alive if the patients bill of rights, which he'd boasted of championing, had passed. "The... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Edwards: Obama "is living in never-never land"

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 29, 2007 · Comments (2)

With the Iowa caucuses only five days away, John Edwards is turning up the heat on Barack Obama as they vie to become the surviving "Not Hillary" candidate for the Democratic nomination. Edwards lambasted Obama's adviser David Axlerod's silly linkage of Hillary Clinton's 2002 vote for the Iraq War Resolution... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (1 votes cast)

Edwards' stealth plan to win Iowa

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 16, 2007

For most of this year, John Edwards was the odds-on favorite to win the Iowa caucuses. He has been organizing in the state since early 2003, and finished a strong and surprising second in the 2004 caucuses - after having been predicted to come in a poor fourth. This cycle,... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.3/5 (3 votes cast)

Edwards supporters not happy with Oprah

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 8, 2007 · Comments (1)

On the eve of Oprah's big show with Barack Obama at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina, some of John Edwards' black supporters in the Palmetto State aren't thrilled about it, Katharine Q. Seelye reports for The New York Times: And on a conference call today, supporters of former Senator... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Edwards not dead yet in Iowa

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 5, 2007

The news lately has been all about Barack Obama's recent gains in Iowa polling, putting him in a statistical tie with Hillary Clinton (and leading her in raw numbers in at least two polls), and leaving John Edwards a close, but disappointing, third. Obama's move is real enough, at least... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Edwards consultant tied to anti-union group

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: November 27, 2007 · Comments (1)

Former Senator John Edwards has hit yet another snag in his campaign for the Democratic nomination as one of his current consultants has been working for an anti-union group, which will antagonize the union voters in Iowa he needs to be competitive in the state. Matthew Mosk reports for The... [Full Story]

Rating: 2.5/5 (2 votes cast)

Unions question Edwards' past stances

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: November 15, 2007 · Comments (2)

While former Senator John Edwards has had some success in appealing to unions and union voters, and has made union issues a cornerstone of his current campaign, some union officials - most notably those who've endorsed one of his Democratic rivals for the nomination - are questioning his history of... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Edwards raps Clinton, Romney on Iran

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: October 25, 2007 · Comments (11)

Continuing his long march toward complete oblivion, John Edwards is blasting Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney for talking tough on Iran, reports Amy Lorentzen for the Associated Press: Presidential contender John Edwards criticized Democratic and Republican rivals alike Thursday for threats and a vote against Iran, accusing Hillary Rodham Clinton... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.5/5 (16 votes cast)

Obama, Edwards afraid to attack Hillary?

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: October 18, 2007 · Comments (5)

The long-established pattern of Presidential primary campaigns is that once a frontrunner emerges, they are targeted by their opponents. It only makes sense: if you aren't running ahead, you will have to pass the candidate who is ahead in order to win, so they must be taken down a notch... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.3/5 (3 votes cast)

Johnny, we hardly knew ye . . .

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: October 11, 2007 · Comments (20)

A guy walks into a bar. He meets a woman. They talk, perhaps share a laugh. Then, nature takes its course . . . and she produces a series of short web videos for him, which he bills to his nascent Presidential campaign, to the tune of $114,000.00. Man decides... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (4 votes cast)

Edwards says Dean looked inevitable, too

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: October 9, 2007 · Comments (2)

Campaigning in Corydon, Iowa, John Edwards told an audience in this farming community that his organization is better today than it was in 2004, and reminded them that at this point four years ago, Howard Dean was the prohibitive favorite, reports Amy Lorentzen for the Associated Press: Democrat John Edwards... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (2 votes cast)

Edwards: "Obama stole my Mojo!"

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: October 3, 2007 · Comments (6)

Having made no progress in shaking support from Hillary Clinton, John Edwards' campaign has turned its attention to second-place Barack Obama, who they castigate for playing up his initial opposition to the Iraq War while voting to fund it in the Senate. In an email to The Hill, they also... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.7/5 (3 votes cast)

Edwards to take public funding

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 28, 2007 · Comments (3)

In what amounts to a tacit admission his fundraising is sucking wind, former Senator John Edwards' campaign has announced it will accept federal matching funds for the primaries. This will give him an infusion of money he apparently can't get elsewhere, but severely restrict his spending. Nedra Pickler has the... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (5 votes cast)

Edwards: real or phony?

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 19, 2007 · Comments (8)

Only a leftist moron would have to ask, of course, so the Associated Press Ron Fournier fills the bill: Some who call Edwards a hypocrite assume that a multimillionaire trial lawyer can't be an authentic advocate for the poor and working people. That's nonsense. You don't need to be blind... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.3/5 (6 votes cast)

Edwards email blasts Hillary

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 18, 2007 · Comments (1)

Edwards' adviser (and former Howard Dean net guru) Joe Trippi hits Hillary's big DC fundraiser with both barrels, Glenn Thrush reports for The Swamp: John Edwards adviser Joe Trippi went off on Hillary Clinton today over the "Washington insider" thing Tuesday, prompting a Clinton aide to accuse Trippi of trying... [Full Story]

Rating: 3/5 (2 votes cast)

Edwards to buy air time to rebut Bush Iraq speech

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 13, 2007 · Comments (7)

As a declared candidate, former Senator John Edwards would never be chosen to deliver the "Democratic response" to the President's scheduled speech to the nation on Iraq tonight, so he struck upon a unique idea, reports Nedra Pickler of the Associated Press: In the clamor of Democrats assailing President Bush... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (5 votes cast)

Edwards may put Republicans in Cabinet

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 10, 2007 · Comments (15)

Former Senator John Edwards may be running a weak third in the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination, but that hasn't stopped him from considering the makeup of a potential Cabinet, for which he is considering "more than one" Republican, says Ron Fournier for the Associated Press: Democratic presidential candidate... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (4 votes cast)

Steel, mine workers unions back Edwards

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 3, 2007 · Comments (1)

In a Labor Day coup which might keep his failing campaign going, former Senator John Edwards won the endorsements of two of the most important labor unions, reports Ramesh Santanam for the Associated Press: John Edwards won the endorsement of the United Steelworkers and the United Mine Workers of America... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.2/5 (5 votes cast)

Edwards targets other Democrats

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 30, 2007 · Comments (5)

Languishing at the same third-place level in the polls all year, John Edwards is turning up the heat on his rivals, Michael Scherer reports for Salon.com: "The choice for our party could not be any clearer," he continued. "We cannot replace a group of corporate Republicans with a group of... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (4 votes cast)

Edwards: sacrifice your SUVs

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 29, 2007 · Comments (8)

Speaking in Florida, John Edwards calls upon Americans to sacrifice, reports the Associated Press: The former North Carolina senator told a forum by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, yesterday he thinks Americans are willing to sacrifice. Edwards says Americans should be asked... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.9/5 (7 votes cast)

Edwards lashes out at Hillary, Obama

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 23, 2007 · Comments (14)

Signaling the increasing desperation of his campaign, former Senator John Edwards is stepping up his rhetoric with thinly-veiled slaps at Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, as Philip Elliott reports for the Associated Press: "Real change starts with being honest, and I want to say something again: The system in... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (8 votes cast)

Edwards' political obituary

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 22, 2007 · Comments (9)

RIP, John Edwards' political ambitions, respectfully compiled by Rich Lowry at NRO: When he hit other candidates for taking donations from Rupert Murdoch's media holdings, wasn't it inevitable that it would turn out he had taken $800,000 from Murdoch's HarperCollins for a coffee-table book? Or when he attacked subprime lenders... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (8 votes cast)

Edwards moving staff out of Nevada

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 15, 2007 · Comments (1)

Former Senator John Edwards is taking staff out of Nevada to focus on the other early states, according to Nedra Pickler of the Associated Press: Presidential hopeful John Edwards is moving staff out of Nevada to focus on other early voting states as he deals with limited resources and uncertainty... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (4 votes cast)

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