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  • The John Edwards Affair: What Really Happened


    The National Enquirer said on Tuesday that its reporters tailed John Edwards to the Beverly Hilton, where he was allegedly visiting Rielle Hunter. She’s the woman the tabloid has claimed is the mother of Edwards' "love child." Major media outlets haven’t Read More...
  • Hard-Working White American Endorses Obama


    Ever since John Edwards dropped out in January “so that history can blaze its path,” he has been careful not to get in history’s way. Even when his endorsement would have carried real weight—before North Carolina, for example—he was quiet. It almost seemed Read More...
  • Accepting His Fate


    John Edwards has finally given up on the presidency. Even as he was standing behind a podium in New Orleans announcing his withdrawal in late January, we didn’t really believe he was done. Remember, this is the same guy who mounted a failed campaign to Read More...
  • The Kiss of Death


    Over at Slate ’s polling haven, " Election Scorecard ," we’ve been poring over a new poll from PPP (PDF) that suggests an Edwards endorsement would actually hurt Hillary’s chances to win the state. A jarring 31 percent of North Carolina voters would be Read More...
  • In Which John Edwards Decides the Democratic Nomination


    It’s not going to happen. But here’s a hypothetical scenario that, however unlikely, could make John Edwards a kingmaker. Saturday, Iowa Democrats will vote in the state’s county conventions . It’s a lot like the caucuses last January, only on a smaller Read More...
  • Trippi: Don’t Expect an Edwards Endorsement


    On a Washington Post chat today, former John Edwards campaign manager Joe Trippi seems to hint that Edwards will not be endorsing: John Edwards led on every single issue and pushed both Clinton and Obama on everything from the war in Iraq to Poverty. Read More...
  • What Is Edwards Waiting For?


    When Rudy Giuliani bowed out of the Republican race, it took all of five minutes for news of his McCain endorsement to leak. John Edwards, by contrast, is taking his time. It’s been almost a week since the former senator dropped out of the Democratic Read More...
  • What Happens to Edwards' Delegates?


    We just recycled an old Explainer on what happens to the delegates of candidates when they drop out: On Wednesday, John Edwards surprised pundits by announcing he was dropping out of the 2008 Democratic presidential race. So what happens to his 61 hard-earned Read More...
  • Fake Out


    The first time I saw John Edwards in person was a book signing at a Borders in Washington, D.C. He was promoting his new book, Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives . As he spoke about the themes of home and family and home and family, I was awed by the man’s Read More...
  • Edwards Is Our Homeboy


    If the presidential race were a sitcom, John Edwards would be the next-door neighbor who doesn’t take a hint. Nobody has the stones to tell him to stop stopping by, so he keeps on showing up with giddy smiles, predictable conversation topics, and a burning Read More...
  • That Obama Dip


    The chatter among political types is a new McClatchy poll released yesterday showing Obama’s support among whites in South Carolina slipping from 20 percent to 10 percent in the past week. The obvious interpretation would be, Obama has somehow alienated Read More...
  • Home Sweet Home


    SENECA, S.C.—There’s a traveling variety show traversing rural South Carolina right now, featuring Danny Glover of Angels in the Outfield , former Rep. Ben “Cooter” Jones of Dukes of Hazzard fame, Madeleine Stowe of Last of the Mohicans , and bluegrass Read More...
  • Minority Report


    “What does that feel like to be a minority, to be a white male?” Tyra Banks asked John Edwards on her show. Edwards laughed, “It feels like you have to fight for everything you get.” It was a joke, but at the same time a great rhetorical twist. Now suddenly Read More...
  • Edwards Has a PR Problem


    Thanks to the caucuses' arcane viability rules, John Edwards appears to have finished with only 4 percent of the vote in Nevada, but that's probably not the case. Edwards actually has 4 percent of the delegates assigned, not 4 percent of the popular vote. Read More...
  • Obama's Entrance Poll Woes


    If the entrance polls are suggestive of real votes in Nevada, Barack Obama has a big problem on his hands. Ms. Clinton, meanwhile, has reason to celebrate and wonder why all the hoopla over unions and caucus sites was necesasry. According to CNN : Seventy-two Read More...
  • Psychoanalyzing John Edwards


    John Edwards is in denial. Sure, a new poll shows he may have a chance at doing well in Nevada this Saturday, but that pesky viability threshold of 15 percent will likely get in his way. His poll numbers in South Carolina are stuck in the mid-teens, and Read More...
  • Is Edwards Obama's Spoiler?


    A question I haven't heard asked yet: Is Hillary's lead (and maybe win) John Edwards' fault? The Edwards campaign has lumped Edwards and Obama together all week to try and ride Obama's coattails out of Iowa. By latching on to Obama's surge, Edwards may Read More...
  • What If Obama Loses?


    While the Barack Obama coronation parade marches on, it's worth taking a breather from the Obama maniacs, devotees, and apologists to ponder what happens if he comes in second tonight. Sure, it may not happen, but what if it did? Obama is only sort of Read More...
  • Change Beats Experience (But Not Because Obama Won)


    The Edwards campaign is trying to spin their second-place finish by saying 70 percent of caucusgoers voted against Hillary Clinton tonight. That, they say, means change beat experience. They're right, but not because Clinton lost, nor because Barack Obama Read More...
  • Busted Bus


    FORT MADISON -- It’s fun to watch the evolution of a non-story from the inside. Today the LA Times campaign blog “Top of the Ticket” posted an item about the John Edwards bus breaking down during his 36-hour marathon bus tour—a metaphor for his flagging Read More...
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