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I’m sorry, I meant to say that he came out of the shadows. In any case, he has now graced us with his presence once again, this time standing behind a podium displaying an Obama sign. Yes folks, Edwards has finally made his decision and has endorsed Barack Obama for President. So what does this [...]

Source:  The Politico - 11/10/2007
Thoughts: If you read the article below, you will see that boos erupted at a recent John Mellencamp concert when Presidential candidate John Edwards walked onto the stage. Why was the audience booing? Was it because they didn’t like Edwards? Was it because they didn’t like the thought of a candidate [...]

Source:  eWorldVu
John Edwards’ campaign slogan is that there are two America’s. The reality for John Edwards is that there are two Democratic parties, the party of Hillary Clinton and everyone else.  Unfortunately forJohn Edwards, his campaign was running well behind Hillary Clinton in all the public opinion polls.
Barack Obama is running the campaign of hope. [...]

Source:  eWorldVu - Articles on News, Opinion & World Events
President George Bush has declared her the eventual Democratic Party nominee in the 2008 Presidential Election. The public opinion polls in New Hampshire have her leading the rest of the Democratic Party field by twenty percentage points in the State. She has not experienced any further [...]

Source:  Meng Bomin - News and Views
Edwards is trying to frame this as a principled stand as accepting public funds means that a good chunk of your campaign’s money is coming from taxpayers, not special interests.
From the New York Times article on the subject:
At a campaign stop on Thursday in Conway, N.H., Mr. Edwards said [...]