Why edwards should stay in the debate
I've seen John Edwards speak a few times. Dazzling charisma, but not an equally dazzling intellect. I don't think he'll ever be President and I wouldn't support him if he tried. But, I'm all for the possibility of a run staying on the table because he is reminding the Democratic Party that the voting middle isn't the only class out there. There is this thing called "the poor".
In WaPo:
In WaPo:
In his 2004 campaign, Edwards talked about an America divided between haves and have-nots, and after leaving the Senate he helped establish a poverty center at the University of North Carolina. But it was Hurricane Katrina, he said, that gave new urgency to the 37 million Americans living below the poverty line. [emphasis mine]Kos had more yesterday.
