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John Edwards Rebuilds His Law Career

May 7, 2019 at 12:52 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“John Edwards was a top personal injury lawyer before he turned to politics two decades ago. But after two ‘wildly unsuccessful’ runs at president and an extramarital affair that made tabloid headlines for years, the former U.S. senator has quietly returned to law to resurrect his career,” WRAL reports.

“Edwards said his personal struggles – his affair and child with campaign aide Rielle Hunter ended his 2008 presidential run and led to the federal charges against him – help him empathize with families in crisis.”

Filed Under: Scandal Tagged With: John Edwards

The John Edwards Defense Won’t Work for Trump

December 9, 2018 at 7:50 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

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John Edwards was never convicted of a crime. That’s basically the argument that Rudy Giuliani made this weekend to defend President Trump.

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Filed Under: Campaign Finance, Members Tagged With: John Edwards, Michael Cohen

Extra Bonus Quote of the Day

April 24, 2016 at 4:16 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 75 Comments

“It’s so easy to make a mistake in this. Choosing Edwards was a mistake because Dick could have helped us in Ohio in a way that Edwards could not, and Dick would have done better in the vice-presidential debate.”

— Robert Shrum, quoted by the New York Times, acknowledging that advising John Kerry to pick John Edwards over Dick Gephardt as his running mate in 2004 was a mistake.

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Dick Gephardt, John Edwards, John Kerry, Robert Shrum

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A Republican John Edwards

March 8, 2016 at 10:57 am EST By Taegan Goddard 41 Comments

Adam Smith: “The promise of Rubio never lived up to the reality. In no state did he build an especially strong campaign. He was a good, not great, fundraiser. He generally played it safe — trying hard not to antagonize any particular wing of the GOP while also failing to inspire great passion in any wing. It took great instincts and more guts than many people realize to jump in the race after Jeb Bush signaled he would run, but we rarely saw those guts and instincts from Rubio after he announced. I’m not sure Rubio has shown he’s much more than a Republican John Edwards — a telegenic guy with one great speech and family story but not much else.”

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: John Edwards, Marco Rubio

Trust Tied to Edwards Buys Mistress Home

December 19, 2015 at 8:55 am EST By Taegan Goddard 12 Comments

A trust linked to former Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) has purchased a house for Rielle Hunter, the mistress whose discovery helped bring down his political career, according to Gossip Extra.

Public records show that the house in Florida is owned by a trust that has a mailing address in Edwards’ law office in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Filed Under: Scandal Tagged With: John Edwards, Rielle Hunter

Clinton Offered Edwards Post In Return for Endorsement

February 4, 2015 at 4:39 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 14 Comments

A new book from David Axelrod claims that Hillary Clinton offered former Sen. John Edwards the position of attorney general if he got out of the race and endorsed her in the 2008 Democratic primary, the New York Daily News reports.

Filed Under: 2008 Campaign, Political Books Tagged With: Hillary Clinton, John Edwards

Flashback Quote of the Day

January 22, 2015 at 8:52 am EST By Taegan Goddard 33 Comments

“When I watch John Edwards from time to time get up and talk about two Americas. I’m tempted to—well, offer an expletive like, ‘Baloney!'”

— Mitt Romney, quoted by CBS News in 2008, before his new found concern about income inequality in America.

Filed Under: 2008 Campaign Tagged With: John Edwards, Mitt Romney



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