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Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton will be taking the big stage at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte next week.
His campaign has confirmed that the Democratic candidate for governor will speak at Bank of America Stadium on Thursday, the last day of the convention.
Dalton will also speak at the Labor Day celebration CarolinaFest, and talk to North Carolina delegates at their breakfest Wednesday.
Several prominent Democrats say John Edwards needs to address claims that he fathered a child.
With two weeks before the national convention, some prominent party strategists say that the former North Carolina senator has to address a story in the National Enquirer to save his spot as a speaker.
As a former vice presidential nominee and a presidential candidate who won delegates this year, Edwards would normally be a shoo-in for a speaking slot. But some worry that lingering questions will be raised if Edwards speaks.
Edwards called the story "tabloid trash," but he has avoided talking with reporters at length.
"If it's not true, he's got to stand up and say, 'This is not true. That is not my child and I'm going to take legal action against the people who are spreading these lies.' It's not enough to say, 'That's tabloid trash,' " said Gary Pearce, a strategist who ran Edwards' 1998 Senate race.
Don Fowler, a former Democratic National Committee chairman, said that Edwards has to give "an explanation that's satisfactory." (Char-O)
