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Former Senator John Edwards: North Carolina
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John Edwards, the former senator from North Carolina and 2004 vice presidential candidate, is in the fight of his political life. He is slipping in the Iowa polls; he does not draw the mega crowds that follow Sen. Hillary Clinton or Sen. Barack Obama, and he is not pulling in the huge sums of money that are fueling their campaigns. So, wearing blue jeans and an unpressed shirt, he is traveling around rural Iowa, making his pitch to farmers and small-town bankers and local machinists, because that is where he knows he may be able to pull out the caucus-goers. Edwards has a strong appeal for blue-collar workers, with his campaign for union rights and his leftist stand on free trade (which he says has eroded American jobs). He has won the endorsement of 10 state councils of the Service Employees International Union, including Iowa, and other big unions such as the United Steelworkers. He will need all their help.
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Former Senator John Edwards of North Carolina struck some political observers as a lightweight during the 2004 presidential campaign -- a good-looking, slick-talking man in search of an office to match his hair. But in the second half of his campaign to be nominated president, Edwards surprised just about everybody with his "Two Americas" speech during which he laid out the face of American inequality in a stark way that no national Democrat had dared for a decade. The speech rung true, as did his calls during nomination debates for Democratic Party combatants to keep their eyes on the prize and stop engaging in counterproductively silly personal attacks. After John Edwards lost the Vice Presidential prize, he continued to work on poverty issues, gaining a measure of trust in his populist positions that may serve him well as he clearly prepares for a 2008 presidential bid.
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Former Senator John Edwards suffered another blow to his campaign tonight, coming in third behind Senators Obama and Clinton in the South Carolina Democratic primary. In 2004, Edwards won the South Carolina Democratic primary winning with 45 percent of the vote. Tonight, Edwards came in third, securing 19 percent of the vote. In a short concession speech, Edwards congratulated Obama and told stories of personal struggles of people he met throughout the campaign.
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John & Elizabeth Edwards Press Conference Description:Former Senator John Edwards (D-NC) makes an announcement with his wife Elizabeth. They discuss her health and other issues pertaining to his campaign. The press conference is held in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. AirDate:2007/03/22 00:00:00 Network:CSPAN3 Series: Location:Chapel Hill, NC City: State:NC Country: Organizer: ProgramEvents:zzCampaign 2006 - Section 1 - Politics on C-SPAN, ProgramIssues:Politics/Elections, ProgramPersons: SpecialTopic: --> John Edwards Address to International Association of Fire Fighters
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NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 27 — Former senator John Edwards of North Carolina scooped himself Wednesday when advisers testing his campaign Web site posted the news that he is running for president in 2008. The posting came a day before Edwards’s planned formal declaration of candidacy in this city’s devastated Ninth Ward.
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Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards is running what can only be described as an unconventional campaign for President. Every aspect of his campaign, every policy stance, is tied in some way to the issue of poverty. It’s a noble sentiment, and has great merit, but is this synergistic approach enough to propel someone into the White House?
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