One constituency in particular has proven especially fruitful for the Republican Party through the years: Prominent football coaches. For whatever reason – a natural sympathy for autocratic leadership, perhaps? – the G.O.P. has had no shortage of sideline generals to showcase through the years, a tradition that the party will renew tonight when former Washington Read More
Edwards spokesman Matthew Nelson just sent over this response to a question I asked about the assertion in today’s Times story suggesting that Elizabeth Edwards was pressuring John Edwards to endorse Hillary Clinton:
“Unless you’re hearing from John or Elizabeth themselves, and not unnamed sources, I wouldn’t put much stock in it. Information is Read More
It certainly seemed last night that John Edwards had thrown his lot in with Barack Obama last night in his attempt to get Hillary Clinton out of the race as soon as possible, defending the Illinois senator fiercely against her criticisms.
But Elizabeth Edwards said that her husband did it, Drago-like, for himself. Read More
Last night, the entire Edwards family showed up for a campaign event in Indianola, Iowa. Edwards gave a stump speech and answered some questions, while his wife and parents sat behind him and his kids watched a movie on the campaign bus.
At one point, a man in a blue jacket, who identified himself as Read More
John Edwards is up with this television ad in New Hampshire.
It ends on Edwards' increasingly familiar line, that the president needs to ask people to be "patriotic about something other than war."
And in other Edwards video news, his campaign has sent out a fund-raising spot starring… Ann Coulter.
I caught up this morning with former Vice Presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro, who was breakfasting at the Regency Hotel this morning with City Council Melinda Katz, and who briefly dropped in on John Edwards’ fund-raising event in another room.
Ferraro, who said she has received the same kind of treatment Elizabeth Edwards is now going Read More
What did you expect?
John Kerry to do the unpredictable, the bold, the exciting? He hasn’t yet, and he has a better than even chance of being the next President of the United States. Why should he start now?
So, of course, he chose John Edwards to be his running mate.
The Party Read More
