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Tabloid: We Caught Edwards Visiting Mistress, Love Child

National Enquirer corners ex-candidate after LA rendezvous

Jul 23, 08 12:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - The National Enquirer claims to have cornered and confronted John Edwards yesterday after a late-night tryst with the woman they have been saying for months is his mistress and the mother of his infant child. The tabloid says its reporters tracked Edwards as he entered a Los Angeles hotel through... More »

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Obama's VP Search Fields
a General

James Jones, retired NATO honcho,
surfaces in Hill talks

Jun 10, 08 8:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s VP selection team had a busy couple of days on Capitol Hill, talking up possible running mates with legislators. A new name in the mix is that of retired Gen. James Jones, MSNBC reports. Joe Biden and Ohio governor Ted Strickland also came under scrutiny; Bill Richardson,... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Joe Biden • John Edwards • John Kerry • Tim Kaine • Michael Bloomberg • James Jones • vice president • Chris Dodd • James Webb • Ted Strickland • Bill Nelson • Jack Reed • Evan Bayh • Kathleen Sebelius • Sam Nunn • Janet Napolitano • Tom Daschle

 Edwards Doesn't Want VP Slot 

Ex-senator's been there, done that

Jun 6, 08 4:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - John Kerry's running mate doesn’t want to reprise the role for Barack Obama. "I have already been a candidate for vice president in 2004," John Edwards said today in Spain, AFP reports."I want to work hard for the campaign, but the vice presidency is not... More »

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 VP Rerun 'Won't Happen':
 Edwards 

Partnering with Obama 'not something I'm interested in,' '04 nominee says

May 16, 08 4:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Days after endorsing Barack Obama, John Edwards is beating back buzz he’s on the vice-presidential shortlist. “No, no, won’t happen,” he told NBC today. “It’s just not something I’m interested in.” The '04 nominee wouldn’t cop to an interest in being... More »

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Barack Obama • John Edwards • vice president • endorsement

OPINION

'Poor Hillary' Refrain Has Hillary-Like Staying Power

Voters, rivals and pundits have been tut-tutting for years, but Clinton marches on

May 16, 08 3:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - There’s Hillary Clinton, writes Libby Copeland in the Washington Post, and then there’s “Poor Hillary.” Though Barack Obama destroyed her “inevitability,” she continues to quixotically pursue the Democratic nomination, touting the power of “grit” against arithmetic, and moving op-ed writers, news anchors and... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • sexism • Democratic presidential candidates • Democratic nomination • Democratic presidential primaries • Hillary haters

analysis

 Edwards' Endorsement
 Is No Game-Changer 

Move was inevitable, says Newsweek analyst

May 15, 08 9:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - John Edwards’ endorsement of Barack Obama may “hammer another nail into Clinton’s subterranean coffin,” but it won’t do much to sway primary voters, Andrew Romano writes in Newsweek. Had Edwards taken a pro-Obama stand a few months ago, it might have helped the senator with blue-collar... More »

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 Edwards Endorses Obama 

Move could help Democratic front-runner with working-class whites

May 14, 08 6:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - John Edwards endorsed Barack Obama today, calling him the one person who can bring about the "one America" that will bridge the divide between rich and poor and rebuild the nation's "moral authority." Edwards, who dropped out of the race in January, joined Obama in Michigan for... More »

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Analysis

What to Watch Out for
Tonight in W. Va.

Clinton, running on fumes, needs heavy turnout, wide victory margin

May 13, 08 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some analysts see today’s West Virginia primary as a final chance for Hillary Clinton to raise questions about Barack Obama’s weaknesses. Here’s what to watch, via Kenneth Vogel on Politico:
  • How will Mason County go? The 30,000-strong district has been a remarkably reliable indicator of
... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • West Virginia primary

OPINION

 A Closer Look at 
 the Math Problem 
 Edwards Averted 

Three-way race could have dragged on through the summer

May 12, 08 4:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The long-tern effect of John Edwards’ early exit is that Barack Obama will wrap up the nomination by early June, a grateful Steve Kornacki writes in the New York Observer. A  slower withdrawal would have spelled trouble for the Democrats, who are having enough trouble making up their minds. "... More »

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Edwards: Obama Set to Win, But I'm Still Not Endorsing

Former third wheel won't say who he voted for

May 9, 08 1:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - John Edwards again declined to endorse a candidate today, but he said on TV that it looked like Barack Obama would win the nomination—and that he'd be able to bring the Democrats together before Election Day. The former third wheel also refused to say who he voted for in... More »

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 Edwardses Open Up
 About Dem Hopefuls 

Elizabeth angered by John's excitement over a 'black presidency'

May 5, 08 6:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - John and Elizabeth Edwards chatted informally about the remaining Democratic candidates on the eve of North Carolina's primary today. John told People that he admires Hillary Clinton’s “tenacity,” but not her "old politics;” Elizabeth said she favors Clinton's health plan but loves Barack Obama's "... More »

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Why Is Edwards AWOL in North Carolina?

Former senator has surprisingly little clout
in home state

May 4, 08 6:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Why has John Edwards maintained silence as the precarious Democratic contest heads to his home state of North Carolina? Could be, Politico posits, because he knows he has little sway there. According to insiders, the state, which holds its primary Tuesday, knew the senator only fleetingly before he leapt to... More »

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 (Whom) Will Edwards Endorse? 

Ex-candidate on the hot seat with NC primary imminent

Apr 28, 08 5:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the North Carolina primary 1 week away, speculation surrounds John and Elizabeth Edwards, the New York Times reports. The ex-senator may endorse a candidate before the vote, may wait to see how his home state votes—or may sit out the race entirely. What's more, the couple may split... More »

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ANALYSIS

Edwards Fans Move Decidedly Toward Obama

NC victory might yield endorsement—which could sway white voters

Apr 25, 08 8:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Donors to John Edwards, as well as his congressional backers, have noticeably chosen Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton—a fact which, combined with the expected landslide in North Carolina’s primary, could lead Edwards to tap the Illinois senator, the Hill’s Alexander Bolton argues. Nine US representatives have switched... More »

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ANALYSIS

Elizabeth Edwards Sides
With Clinton on Health Care

Former candidate's wife also joins Clinton loyalist think tank

Apr 9, 08 1:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Elizabeth Edwards said this morning she has “more confidence in Senator Clinton’s policy than Senator Obama’s” on health care, fueling speculation that the famous political spouse could endorse Hillary in the Democratic presidential race. Edwards has also become a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress,... More »

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Edwards Endorsement
Seems Unlikely

Genuinely torn between candidates, prefers to play party elder role

Mar 22, 08 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Neither Barack Obama nor Hillary Clinton should hold their breath for an endorsement from John Edwards, Politico reports. People close to the influential former candidate expect him to parlay neutrality in the primary fight into a "party elder" role like that of Al Gore.  In a Leno appearance... More »

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Obama Wins
in Iowa, Again

He nets 7 delegates over Clinton as Edwards backers shift in second-round voting

Mar 15, 08 10:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama netted seven more delegates in Iowa tonight, two months after the state held its caucuses, the AP reports. How so? Some of the delegates who originally backed John Edwards shifted to Obama during the state's county conventions, the second part of Iowa's election process. These are generally of... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Iowa • Democratic National Convention • Democratic nomination • Iowa caucus • Hillary Clinton supporters • Barack Obama supporters • convention delegates

Now Hillary's Accused of Plagiarizing Edwards

Obama camp claims Clinton lifted from Edwards

Feb 22, 08 7:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton wisecracked last night that Barack Obama was promising "change you can Xerox"—prompting the Obama camp to suggest Clinton may have cribbed part of that speech from John Edwards, writes Isaac Chotiner in the New Republic. It was the latest battle in the heated war of... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Texas • plagiarism • Democratic debate • Democratic nomination

Obama Quietly Courts Edwards

Meets with Edwards, seeks endorsement

Feb 18, 08 3:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Democratic contender Barack Obama secretly visited former campaign rival John Edwards yesterday, seeking his endorsement, according to the Chicago Tribune. The media usually travels everywhere with Obama, but he managed to shake his entourage in Chicago on a day when his campaign said all events were canceled because of bad... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Chapel Hill • campaign • Democratic nomination • convention • endorsement • delegates

Dems Take Aim at Big Business

Obama and Clinton turn up the heat heading into Wisconsin, Ohio primaries

Feb 16, 08 1:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, heading into primaries in states struggling with joblessness and the mortgage crisis, are sharpening their attacks on big business, the Wall Street Journal reports. Both are lambasting oil companies, corporate tax cuts, and health insurers. Tuesday’s Wisconsin primary will be a test of which... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • unions • Ohio primary • Pennsylvania primary • corporate tax cuts • corporate wealth • health insurers • oil companies

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