John Edwards spent a lot of time this week with low-wage workers and their families to highlight one of his central campaign issues, fighting poverty in America.
But the anti-poverty campaign is risky, reports Rob Christensen. The emphasis on poor people invites contrasts with the Democratic candidate's own wealth, and opens him to criticism that he is a Johnny-come-lately to the issue.
Elizabeth Edwards' campaign ad for her husband, running in New Hampshire, continues to make news. Slate's John Dickerson wrote the ad line where she refers to him as someone who can "stare the worst in the face and not blink" references the family's hardships, including her cancer.
She responds, writing that Dickerson needs to consider the clients her husband represented when he was practicing law.
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