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A fixture on the Iowa political scene for much of 2007, Elizabeth Edwards has blogged a response to the stories emerging about her husband, former Sen. John Edwards.  Here’s how it starts:
Our family has been through a lot. Some caused by nature, some caused by human weakness, and some – most recently – caused by [...]

Three women — one of them a newly announced endorser — led the way when former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards took the stage in Cedar Rapids Monday night to wrap up his “Main Street Express” bus tour across Iowa.
“Nothing that I have done in my life is more important than what I’m doing here [...]

Presidential politics is nothing new to Cate Edwards, the 25-year-old daughter of John and Elizabeth Edwards. She was 16 when her father first ran for United States Senate in North Carolina. She was also on the stump for her dad in Iowa in 2003 and 2004 and has returned to campaign for him again during [...]

Nearly 300 undecided caucus-goers and supporters of former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards braved unseasonably warm temperatures when they filed into Vernon Middle School’s gymnasium in Marion on Saturday afternoon. Many were expecting to hear the Democratic hopeful’s patent message of hope. No one, however, was expecting him to be accompanied by arguably the campaign’s [...]

October Saturdays in Iowa City are usually reserved for Hawkeye football, but for Johnson County politicos, nothing takes precedent over the Johnson County Democrats’ annual barbeque fundraiser. This year was no exception as an estimated 2000 Democrats swarmed in mass to the Johnson County Fairgrounds to hear five of the Democratic hopefuls put forth their [...]

On Saturday Elizabeth Edwards dropped by the Democratic State Central Committee meeting in Des Moines to thank Iowa Democrats for their hard work and attention to the issues.

“We want to applaud you for all the the work you do because it is important for us,” Edwards said. “The work you do is particularly important to [...]

It doesn’t take much national media reading to determine which candidate is most often credited with having the most efficient, precise and dynamic campaign. Having been to events hosted by each candidate, however, my vote goes to Sen. John Edwards and his staff.
His current tour through Eastern Iowa was billed as an opportunity for Edwards [...]