John Edwards

By loppyd An ex-aide to John Edwards who claimed he fathered a child born to the mistress of the two-time Democratic presidential candidate spent Wednesday in a federal courthouse, but declined to talk with a reporter about an investigation into his former boss.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A longtime loyalist and aide to two-time Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards spent the day inside a federal courthouse amid an investigation into how his former boss spent campaign funds.

By Mike Baker, Associated Press Writer A longtime loyalist and aide to two-time Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards spent the day inside a federal courthouse amid an investigation into how his former boss spent campaign funds.

New cover for those embarrassing extramarital escapades in the ranks of the Republican Party's 2012 prospects: A report from New York that campaign videos aren't all that Democrat John Edwards' mistress was making for the party's 2004 vice presidential nominee and would-be contende...

By schapman@tribune.com (Steve Chapman) Other politicians have survived—most conspicuously our 42nd president. In fact, you'd think the Monica Lewinsky scandal would have settled the issue once and for all. Democrats found themselves excusing Clinton's conduct, and Republicans who condemned it wound up on the losing side i...

By Jason Via Nydailynews.com “Former Edwards aide Andrew Young says the ex-senator and his former mistr Via Nydailynews.com “Former Edwards aide Andrew Young says the ex-senator and his former mistr

By Joe Peyronnin Governor Mark Sanford, Senator John Ensign -- both thought to be 2012 presidential candidates -- Senator Larry Craig and Senator David Vitter. Add to that Democrats like former Senator John Edwards, former Governor Eliot Spitzer, former President Bill Clinton, and there are certain t...

By Stephan Tawney Politicians having affairs while in office or campaigning isn’t exactly an oddity. Look at John Edwards, for example. What is odd is that this confession from Ensign comes apparently without provocation and almost a year since the affair apparently ended. WASHINGTON (AP)—Sen. John Ensig...

By Paul Krassner Arnold Schwarzennegger announced his candidacy for governor on the Tonight Show. John Edwards announced his candidacy for president on The Daily Show. And now Sarah... Arnold Schwarzennegger announced his candidacy for governor on the Tonight Show. John Edwards announced his candidacy f...

 PA Recall: Democratic Sens. Chris Dodd, Tom Daschle, John Edwards, John Kerry, Harry Reid and Hillary Clinton all voted to authorize war in Iraq. But, by the time the primaries of 2008 came around, they had all moved — some 180 degrees — to get right with ...

 DC Burr leads Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former senator and presidential candidate John Edwards 46 percent to 35 percent with 19 percent undecided. He leads Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton 48 percent to 29 percent with 22 percent undecided. ...

By Lee Stranahan John and Elizabeth Edwards had the high honor of gracing the front cover of the National Enquirer with reality show stars Jon and Kate Gosselin... John and Elizabeth Edwards had the high honor of gracing the front cover of the National Enquirer with reality show stars Jon and Kate Gosselin re...

By Ron Chusid But independents continue to be much closer to Democrats than to Republicans with respect to social values, religiosity and beliefs about national security. Indices measuring the relative position of Republicans, Democrats and independents in these three areas show that the views o...

By Lee Stranahan The problem is all the damn lying. It's the constant lying that you've done and had others do for you to this very day. It's the lying that necessitated you and your supporters attacking The National Enquirer or Mickey Kaus; people who were telling the truth about you. It's the lies and misdire...

By Carol Felsenthal Would Hillary, who split the vote with Edwards in the Iowa caucuses on Janaury 3, 2008 -- the first contest of the long race -- have won Iowa had Edwards dropped out? Edwards barely grabbed second place there. (Obama had 37.6 percent of the delegates; Edwards, 29.9; and Hillary, 29.5.)

By P.J. Gladnick The chances of John Edwards doing the "right thing" for anybody else is somewhere between nil and none. As for Rielle losing her "leverage" because Edwards is not the father of her daughter, that possibility is even more remote than Edwards doing the right thing.

By P.J. Gladnick Flying below the radar, the former vice-presidential candidate is pulling off a feat that Democratic consultants have long considered impossible: staking out the most progressive platform among the viable candidates while preserving an aura of electability...

By The Huffington Post News Team At the time of the 2007 payment, the PAC only had $7,932.95 in cash on hand, according to records filed with the Federal Election Commission. That day, according to the records, Edwards' presidential campaign paid the PAC $14,034.61 for what is listed as a "furniture purchase."

New York Times Blogs  DC - By Charlie Cook National Journal January 27, 2009 John Edwards was right when he spoke about there being "two Americas." The way Edwards framed it, ... Video: Obama Orders Review of Emissions Standards AssociatedPress National Journal all 2,588 news articles

By Taniel 4. Obama’s “bitter” Americans 6. The Clintons’ race gaffes: Bill compares Obama to Jesse Jackson; Hillary describes Obama’s weak support among “hard-working Americans, white Americans” 9. Elizabeth Dole airs the Godless Americans ads — 5. John Edwards’s mistress

From: John Edwards and family Dear friends and family, Greetings from Elizabeth, Cate, Emma-Claire, Jack and that weird-looking bastard kid I fathered. First off, let me explain what kind of weird that kid is. Man, she looks like she has a giant toe for a nose. That's the best way to explain it....

By Pareene A feisty young blogger named Matt points out that John Edwards has not yet been given a job in the Obama administration. Shocking! As Matt points out, in his link, Edwards totally endorsed Obama last May, four months after he dropped out of the race and a mere week after Tim Russert famously d...

By Clay Waters I also think that it raises questions about John McCain's qualities as a chief executive, his decision-making. The vice-presidential pick is a very important decision for any candidate. It's the first real decision that the candidate makes, and it gives insight into how that candidate w...

By Emily Pease During one of the many discussions I heard on TV, Andrea Mitchell expressed her dismay about the affair. First, it was Elizabeth she was thinking of. But then it was all the campaign staffers, many of them young, who believed in Edwards the candidate. Then it was the Democratic Party. And final...

By John Lumea Both John and Elizabeth Edwards say that, shortly after that --- still in 2006 --- John told Elizabeth about the affair. So don't feel too sorry for Elizabeth Edwards. She knew what she was doing. So did John. In the statement he released on Friday, John Edwards said (emphasis mine):

By Noel Sheppard KURTZ: Wait a minute. I'm not buying that. So what? Exactly, especially since the Enquirer broke this story last October WELL before the Iowa caucuses. As such, claiming that you ignored this story because Edwards wasn't a top contender is either the height of ignorance, or the height of gal...

By shoreacres Edwards' own words tell the tale.  In a March 27 interview with Katie Couric, he said, "I think every single candidate for president, Republican and Democratic have lives, personal lives, that indicate something about what kind of human being they are. And I think it is a fair evaluation fo...

By Katharine Jose Here's what Elizabeth Edwards said. Speaking for Obama in Nevada, Hillary Clinton said, "Remember who we were fighting for in my campaign." According to the Washington Post, the Democratic Party platform includes concessions to Clinton, but the definite mark of Obama.

By Steve Kornacki John Edwards could have taken the Jim Webb route when N.P.R. grilled him yesterday about his interest in reprising his role as the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, but instead he said this: "I am prepared to seriously consider anything, anything he asks me to do for our country."

By Clay Waters In a silly political stunt, Sack claimed the findings validated former Democratic presidential candidate (and wealthy trial lawyer) John Edwards' left-wing ranting about "two Americas," even bringing in the failed candidate to explain how he was right all along.

By Laura from San Francisco, CA Where has the leadership of the Democratic Party been during these relentless attempts to slander and destroy the electability of their likely Presidential nominee? About the only Democrat to publicly step forward to defend Obama is Bob Casey. Where is Nancy Pelosi? Where is John Edwar...

By Katharine Jose In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Peggy Noonan accuses Clinton of "cognitive dissonance." The Washington Post editorial board doesn't think Clinton should go. John Kerry echoes Howard Dean's call to have the Democratic nomination wrapped up by July 1.

In 1974, Richard Nixon promoted the possibility of U.S. energy independence in six years. In 1975, Gerald Ford promised it in ten. And in 2007, Barack Obama, Rudy Giuliani, Hillary Clinton, Mitt Romney, John Edwards and John McCain all trumpeted energy independence as an essential priorit...

By Larry Jackson Clinton leads Obama in polls of black voters. Recent ABC News/Washington Post polling, for instance, found that 60% of black, Democratic-leaning voters supported Clinton, and 20% backed Obama. Brunson, president of the College Democrats chapter at Howard University in Washington, s...

By Asa I've had the privilege to see him speak about poverty (at a conference on the issue) and I know that he has both committed himself to taking action to fight poverty, and immersed himself in the policy options available.  I trust him to devote the same intellect and energy to the rest of his vis...

CHICAGO Barack Obama sneaked down to North Carolina on Sunday and met with former rival John Edwards, who has yet to make an endorsement in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

By Brent Baker Pickler suggested Edwards’ far-left platform had become mainstream and accepted, crediting Edwards with promoting “themes” that were “eventually adopted by the other Democratic presidential candidates -- and even a Republican, Mitt Romney.” But Pickler only named one “theme” tha...

By Ken Shepherd The exchange came in a jovial January 22 interview in which Edwards joked about having Letterman as his running mate, or at the very least as a celebrity endorser a la Oprah Winfrey. Former Sen. JOHN EDWARDS (D-N.C.): Yeah, I've noticed the same thing. EDWARDS: Most of what he says is crap.

By Turkana According to the latest polls, each of the Democratic candidates for president leads each of the Republican candidates, except for one. John McCain currently averages four points ahead of Hillary Clinton, and a point and change ahead of Barack Obama and John Edwards. Given the margins of...

By Brent Baker Insisting he's “not a conspiracy theorist,” Bill Maher, on the Friday night season debut of his HBO show, suggested that because Republicans prefer to run against Hillary Clinton than Barack Obama they engineered her victory in New Hampshire's Democratic primary. Later on Real Time wi...

Please see the "Ending Poverty in South Carolina Within a Generation" policy paper included below for more information on Edwards' plan to create a Working Society and end poverty in America.Ending Poverty In South Carolina Within A Generation

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Manchester, NH – As part of "Building a Better America Week," John Edwards announced today a bold policy to improve the quality of health care in America by taking on health insurance companies and preventing the abuses and gaps in health coverage that put millions of Americans at risk.

By George Stern But even more importantly, both are John Edwards supporters! We didn't just throw these guitars behind anyone," Bonnie said at one point. "We thought very carefully about who we wanted to support and it's clear that on all the issues, John Edwards is leading."

By WriteOn Monday, November 5, 2007 Hillary and Edwards In Hypocritical Battle Over Driver's Licenses For Illegals John Edwards has recently went on the attack via debates and campaign adds about Hillary Clinton's flip flopping on various issues. One of his favorite areas to pound Hillary has been her now infamous stance on offering driver's license to illegal aliens. "I heard her say two different things. I don't know what she's calling for. I mean she said the first time she was asked she said one thing and then when Senator Dodd said something, she said something different. That's what I heard," Edwards said at a recent debate. In a recent campaign video it was not necessary for him to say a single word. The inclusion of various speech clips from Hillary...   [read the full post]

By Justin McCarthy It is no secret that Chris Matthews is a shill for the Democrats and adamantly opposed to the Iraq War. The former Democratic staffer, who the previous night wrote a speech for Obama attacking Hillary Clinton from the left, endorsed "the sentiment" of a disruptive protestor.

WASHINGTON Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on Wednesday encouraged his supporters to donate to his campaign in response to hateful comments from conservative author Ann Coulter.

By national@cfr.org (Council on Foreign Relations) May 23, 2007 Listen to Democratic Presidential Candidate Senator John Edwards discuss his foreign policy agenda as part of the Council's Campaign 2008 Series.

WASHINGTON Democrat John Edwards said Tuesday that he worked for a hedge fund between presidential campaigns to learn about financial markets and their relationship to poverty, and to make money, too.

WASHINGTON Looking pretty is costing John Edwards presidential campaign a lot of pennies.