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Tribune of the trial lawyers.(Politico)
On June 28, the United States transferred power from the occupying coalition to the Iraqi provisional government led by Iyad Allawi.
A little more than a week later, John Kerry's selection of North Carolina senator John Edwards as his running mate signaled a formal power transfer of a different kind: the handover of the Democratic Party from Organized Labor to Trial Lawyers. Neither of the other building blocks of the Democratic Party were in a position to assume control: The solid South has joined the other team, and the African-American vote, though the largest Democratic voting group, has only been employed to row the Democratic boat, not invited to steer.
John Edwards' status as the tribune of the small-but-wealthy-and-powerful trial lawyer class is his only asset. He doesn't bring a state to the ticket, as Lyndon Johnson did with Texas in 1960. He doesn't bring ideological balance as Joe Lieberman did for the more liberal Gore; as Nixon did for Eisenhower; and as George H. W. Bush did for Reagan.
In fact, Edwards is running for Vice President partly because his left-of-center voting record would have made it difficult for him to get elected to a second term. While John Kerry was rated the most liberal senator by National Journal, Edwards was tied for second most liberal with two others--Ted Kennedy and Barbara Boxer.
And Edwards doesn't bring gravitas or experience. He had no political role before his now less-than-one term as senator.
The selection of Edwards has energized the sleepy part of the center-right coalition--businessmen and women, the self-employed, and professionals like doctors. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced that while it has never bothered to make an endorsement in a Presidential campaign in the past, it is making one against the trial lawyer Edwards. The Democrat who runs the National Association of Manufacturers is doing the same.
Republican politicians in the 1940s and '50s used to rail against the labor union bosses. At that time, strikes ...
- Gee up! The Democratic ticket.(John Kerry chooses John Edwards)
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) July 10, 2004 700+ words
Democrats think John Edwards is a great campaigner who will improve John Kerry...than six years after his only election victory, John Edwards is John Kerry's (and most of the Democratic Party's) choice as vice-presidential candidate...
- Leading Va. Democrat backs Edwards' run: John Edwards is "the fastest horse" in...
- Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA) February 17, 2007 700+ words
...can help them establish a foothold in the Old Dominion. Former U.S. Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina picked up an endorsement Friday from state Democratic Party Chairman Richard Cranwell of Vinton. The announcement came on the eve of Gov...
- Wide open.(Howard Dean's candidacy for Democratic Party presidential nomination)
- Magazine article from: National Review February 9, 2004 700+ words
...constituency even within the Democratic party. Republican partisans...given the importance of the Democratic party to our national life...the other Iowa winner, John Edwards, represent a Democratic party that is wrong about a lot...
- John Edwards' Daughter Talks about His Presidential Campaign.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News February 1, 2004 700+ words
...University senior snipped the ribbon to formally open John Edwards' Orangeburg campaign headquarters at 664 John C. Calhoun Drive. Edwards is a leading candidate in the Democratic Party's presidential primary in South Carolina on Tuesday...
- High Point, N.C., attorney knew Sen. John Edwards early on in politics.
- Newspaper article from: High Point Enterprise (High Point, NC) July 30, 2004 700+ words
...Maheras Jul. 30--On Wednesday night, U.S. Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., arguably gave the most important speech of his political career. Speaking as the Democratic Party's nominee for vice president on the ticket with U.S...
- U.S. Senator John Edwards to Appear at Dallas County Democratic Rally.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 12, 2006 700+ words
...PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Senator John Edwards will join loyal area Democrats...fundraiser for the Dallas County Democratic Party on April 18 in Dallas...Chairperson of the Dallas County Democratic Party. "Sen. Edwards understands...directly from the Dallas County Democratic ...
- John Edwards Cancels Providence Campaign Event in Support of Providence Fire...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 27, 2004 700+ words
...campaign event featuring John Edwards today in Providence...recognized today by John Edwards and other Democratic...with the rest of the Democratic Party by being unfair to...John Kerry and John Edwards have their priorities...
- Eugene Robinson: John Edwards proves to be the worst type of cad
- Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune Syndicated columnist September 25, 2009 700+ words
...lovable rogue" cads. John Edwards is not. His caddishness...heard. I used to like John Edwards a lot. No, I wasn...He had betrayed the Democratic Party and, potentially...have any "like" for John Edwards anymore. The forgivable...
