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John Edwards stories: 229 news summaries

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Health Care Isn't a Third Rail Anymore

Dems eady to tackle universal health care again—and GOP is notably silent

May 30, 07 12:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thirteen years after Hillary-Care, politicians are ready to think big again about the US health care system, the Wall Street Journal reports. Skyrocketing costs and the rising ranks of the uninsured are combining to form a climate where candidates feel that they can tackle the issue without political backlash—even... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Democrats • universal health care • Hillary Care • Election 2008

Hillary Sticks With Iowa Strategy

Candidate overrules senior aide's
advice to snub Hawkeye caucus

May 24, 07 2:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton rejected a top adviser's plan to bypass the Iowa caucuses, the New York Times reports, and she'll visit the state this weekend. An internal memo suggested focusing money and time on February 5's 20-state Super Tuesday instead of the January 14 caucuses. All but one of the last... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Iowa • Super Tuesday • presidential campaign • Democratic caucus • Mike Henry • Election 2008

Edwards Tops Iowa Poll

Darkish horse slips
past Obama and
Clinton in crucial caucus state

May 21, 07 5:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Presidential hopeful John Edwards ranked first in a poll of voters from Iowa, home of January's pivotal caucus and the first step to the Democratic ballot. Edwards landed 29 percent of the vote in the Des Moines Register poll, compared to erstwhile frontrunners Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, who took... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Iowa • Democratic caucus • caucus • Election 2008

MEET THE MILLIONAIRES

From private equity
to speaking tours:
how the candidates made their money

May 17, 07 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - No surprise that they're wealthy—at least 10 of this year's presidential candidates are millionaires. But how they brought in the big bucks is the focus of the Washington Post 's analysis of their latest financial disclosure forms and other documents. Rudy Giuliani, for instance, made $11 million last year... More »

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John Edwards • Rudy Giuliani • money • hedge fund • Election 2008

Dems Unite to Slam Iraq
In First Debate

Candidates united
to attack Bush for continuation of unpopular war

Apr 27, 07 7:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eight Democrats butted heads last night in the first '08 debate, not so much with each other but with the president over the war in Iraq. Candidates at South Carolina State University  competed at panning the war for making the country less safe and Bush for ignoring the voters' will... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Democrats • presidential campaign • Iraq pullout • Election 2008 • Iraq war • presidential election

GOP Lags In Campaign Cash

Democrats top Republican donors
for the first time
in 30 years

Apr 5, 07 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democratic presidential hopefuls have outperformed their GOP rivals at raising primary cash for the first time since 1976. In the first quarter the score was $79 mil to $51 mil, which seems portentous: Bob Dole's campaign manager confesses to the Times that the Dems "seem to have a lot... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • John Edwards • Democrats • Republican • politics • presidential campaign • primary • campaign fundraising • Election 2008

Edwards Gains on Clinton, Passes Obama

In New Hampshire
poll, it's suddenly
a three-way race

Apr 4, 07 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - John Edwards pushed past Barack and sliced into Hillary's comfortable lead in the latest New Hampshire poll, putting all three cadidates in a statistical dead heat. Clinton dropped from 35% of likely Democratic voters in February  to 27%. Edwards rose from 16% to 21%, and Obama lost a point, from... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Democrats • politics • presidential campaign • New Hampshire • Election 2008

Elizabeth Edwards's
Cancer Recurs

2008 candidate will continue his campaign

Mar 23, 07 8:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Presidential contender John Edwards and his wife Elizabeth announced today that the breast cancer she battled after the last election cycle has recurred and advanced to Stage IV. The cancer has spread to her bones, a lung, and possibly other organs, her oncologist explained,  and is now inoperable. The... More »

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cancer • John Edwards • Democrats • Elizabeth Edwards • health • breast cancer • presidential campaign • medical research • cancer research • Election 2008

Coulter's Slur Slinging Aims Right for
GOP Base

Edwards attacks play right into insecurities

Mar 8, 07 2:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Ann Coulter's gay-baiting of John Edwards won't cost her anything, writes Glenn Greenwald in today's Salon, because it appeals perfectly to her base: anxious, insecure American voters. "Her aim was not to suggest that Edwards is actually gay, but simply to feminize him like they do with all male... More »

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religious right • John Edwards • Ann Coulter • Republican • Amanda Marcotte • homophobia

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