becomes one of sincerity....and that question was not answered in that article that you posted, which also includes this....
Even as he improved as a candidate in 2004, however, Edwards remained a vague and frequently ill-defined contender. He condemned President Bush's management of the war in Iraq, and was particularly critical of the war profiteering that had been allowed by the White House. But Edwards never really took a clear stand on the war.
Edwards talked tough about the need to protect American farmers. But he developed an initial "farm plan" that seemed to be more sympathetic to big agribusiness than working farmers.
Edwards tried to portray himself as a champion of labor. But he never really developed a coherent, let alone effective, message on the central issue for unions and their members: trade policies that favor multinational corporations and Wall Street over working Americans and Main Street.and goes with the sentiments here...
Although as a senator, Edwards initially championed the Iraq War, co-sponsored the infamous Iraq War Resolution along with a cadre of conservative Senators, and stood stoically by his vote for three years, he eventually apologized for his mistake stating that he had been misled by the Bush administration. The corporate press has yet to highlight this earlier lack of judgment as a question of competence (considering their own collective misjudgment, they may not), and prefer to focus on his November 2005 apology, which some rationalize as enough to earn him a promotion to leader of the free world.
Edwards is more often lauded for his poverty stance which he has worked to his political advantage with progressive voters. However, one is hard-pressed to locate a single piece of poverty legislation (besides the standard fare of raising the minimum wage) that Edwards championed in his six years in the senate. Ever since his “Two America” speech was widely praised by the media during last primary season; the poverty issue has become synonymous with the failed ’04 Vice Presidential candidate from North Carolina.
By concentrating on cultivating organized labor, Edwards has enamored himself to voters who want to see the shrinking power of unions reversed. When the issue of his 2004 electoral loss (including his own southern state) comes up, his supporters quickly retort, “no one votes for Vice President”.
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