Some Edwards delegates unhappy

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:24:17 -0400

Some of John Edwards' delegates feel betrayed.

As the countdown to the Democratic National Convention gets underway, some of the volunteers attending on behalf of the former presidential candidate say they are disappointed by revelations of his affair with Rielle Hunter.

Former Cary teacher Linda Gunter had spent a month trudging through the snows of New Hampshire for Edwards and led the cheers in 2004 when he accepted the vice presidential nomination.

"My bubble of enthusiasm for presidential politics was really deflated," says Gunter, 58. "Some people might get discouraged from getting involved because they really believed in him, and he let them down."

Some are angry that Edwards continued to campaign even after the National Enquirer first reported the affair.

"There is a feeling that it was very selfish of him to pursue the presidency knowing that this skeleton was in his closet," says delegate Vinod Thomas, 32, of Cornelius. "The Democratic Party would be in a very tough position now if John Edwards was our nominee." (Char-O)