Former Sen. John Edwards has gone so anti-establishment that he's planning to skip the annual New Hampshire Democrats’ pre-primary dinner in Milford, N.H., on Friday night.
Ray Buckley, head of the state Democratic party, said he heard this week that Edwards had given his regrets on the invitation. Instead, Edwards plans to be at an event in Portsmouth, Barb Barrett reports.
Buckley's still holding out hope. "Candidates have said that before, and they've come," Buckley said today. "They said they couldn't make it. I said we'd still certainly welcome him and hope he comes by."
If Edwards does skip the event, he'll pass up the chance to give a 10-minute speech to 3,000 Democrats paying $100 to $1,000 a plate for the dinner. Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama plan to be there, Buckley said.
The dinner, begun in 1959 with a speech from John F. Kennedy, is the state party's biggest annual fund raiser.
"Since 1959, we've hosted every candidate in the pre-primary dinner,” Buckley said, "and I have faith we will this time as well."
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