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  Politics1 - John Edwards, Democratic Nominee for Vice President
Following that instinct, Edwards has styled his official campaign memoir as an account of four of his past courtroom experiences.
In the book, Edwards tries to present a Clintonian empathy for "regular folks" (a phrase Edwards likes) and paints endearing portraits of the victims he represented in medical malpractice and personal injury lawsuits.
In fact, Edwards devotes so much attention to his trial lawyer years that he devotes almost none to his term in the US Senate.
www.politics1.com /edwards.htm   (187 words)

  
 Elizabeth Edwards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edwards spent some of her childhood attending school in Japan, where her father, an Italian-American United States Navy U-2 pilot, was stationed.
The Edwards are the parents of four children: Catharine (or "Cate"), Wade, Emma Claire, and Jack.
In a November 2006 comment on the Daily Kos website, Edwards stated that on her last visit, her oncologist said that cancer was not one of the things going on in her life.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elizabeth_Anania_Edwards   (480 words)

  
 CNN.com - Edwards launches presidential campaign - Jan. 4, 2003
Edwards said he had filed papers to form an exploratory committee and he made it clear he is a candidate.
Edwards was considered a possible running mate for Vice President Al Gore in his unsuccessful bid for the White House in 2000.
Edwards was born in South Carolina and grew up in Robbins, North Carolina, a small town in the Piedmont.
edition.cnn.com /2003/ALLPOLITICS/01/02/edwards.democrats/index.html   (856 words)

  
 Kerry hopes to capitalize on Edwards' rags-to-riches life, charm, rising star   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Edwards often tells audiences he is the son of a working-class textile-mill worker, the first in his family to go through college, but he also has made millions of dollars as a personal-injury trial lawyer suing hospitals and big corporations.
Edwards is the only national candidate this year with young children, so parents may identify with him and his wife Elizabeth, a stay-at-home lawyer who met her husband when they were both students at the University of North Carolina.
Edwards passed the North Carolina bar exam three years later and on the same weekend married his fellow law student, Elizabeth Anania, the daughter of a Navy pilot who had lived in Japan, Washington and Florida.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/04189/342882.stm   (1192 words)

  
 New Hampshire Mock Election - New Hampshire Public Television   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
John Edwards knows that a good public education can help a young person overcome tremendous odds and reach his or her potential.
Because John Edwards was the first in his family to go to college, he will provide the leadership that is lacking in Washington to ensure that teachers can teach and students can learn.
John Edwards has proposed a bold health care plan to provide health insurance for every child in America and offer real relief for families struggling to deal with the rising costs of doctors visits, insurance premiums, prescription drugs and other health care costs.
www.nhptv.org /mockelection/mockedwards.htm   (1207 words)

  
 CNN.com - Edwards' book recounts legal wins, personal losses - Nov. 20, 2003
But the autobiography also covers a subject Edwards rarely, if ever, mentions on the campaign trail: the death of his 16-year-old son, Wade, who was driving to meet his family when fierce winds swept his Jeep off the road on April 4, 1996.
That loss became intertwined with the trial in which Edwards says he displayed the "best lawyering" of his life: the case of Valerie Lakey, a 5-year-old whose intestines were sucked into the drain of a community wading pool.
Though some view Edwards' career as a trial lawyer as a liability to his candidacy, the North Carolina senator defends it as evidence of his fight for ordinary Americans, the kind he grew up with as a son of a mill worker.
cnn.com /2003/ALLPOLITICS/11/20/elec04.prez.edwards.book.ap/index.html   (628 words)

  
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Edwards decided to have children again, friends were skeptical; they worried what it would be like for her, trotting kids off to school at age 55 alongside women 20 and 30 years her junior.
Edwards was a newlywed, and a new lawyer.
To Johnny Edwards and his friends, all country boys, Elizabeth Anania was exotic and urbane, a poised young woman as comfortable discussing UNC Coach Dean Smith's new recruiting class as her favorite author, Henry James.
www.italystl.com /ra/1591.htm   (3401 words)

  
 Edwards may offset some gaps for Kerry | www.azstarnet.com ®
Edwards brings more strength to the ticket than any Democrat actively considered for the No. 2 spot, suggested Doug Schoen, a Democratic consultant who was former President Bill Clinton's pollster.
But Edwards appeared to go out of his way during the campaign to avoid antagonizing Kerry, 60, sometimes drawing complaints from his own advisers that he wasn't being tough enough on the four-term Massachusetts senator.
Edwards made trade, jobs and the economy the central focus of his campaign.
www.azstarnet.com /sn/printDS/29000   (917 words)

  
 About Elizabeth Edwards - 2004 Democratic National Convention Official Site
Edwards taught legal writing as an adjunct instructor at UNC Law School for two years, and in 1996-97, she was a member of the first group of Public Fellows at the College of Arts and Sciences at UNC.
Edwards is the proud mother of four children: Catharine, a senior at Princeton University, a 5-year-old daughter, Emma Claire, and a 3-year-old son, Jack.
She remains active in the Wade Edwards Foundation, and is involved in a variety of charitable efforts, including fundraising for the March of Dimes benefit.
www.kintera.org /site/pp.asp?c=luI2LaPYG&b=107732   (525 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Edwards pushes ahead from behind   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Edwards was "barely known" when he showed up at the SEIU conference, union President Andrew Stern said, but "he introduced himself powerfully and moved from having almost no support to being one of the top three."
Edwards said he would repeal those portions of Bush's tax cuts that go to the wealthiest taxpayers — estimated to be about a third of all those receiving cuts — and use the money to help people buy homes, go to college and save for retirement.
The relatively well-financed Edwards camp is looking to the primary in South Carolina, where Edwards was born, to prove he is a winner; Edwards traveled there after his announcement.
www.usatoday.com /news/politicselections/nation/2003-09-16-edwards_x.htm   (1076 words)

  
 Best Candidate's Wife: Elizabeth Edwards - Mtbr.com Forums
Elizabeth Anania Edwards is the daughter of a decorated Navy pilot, and was born on July 3, 1949.
Edwards has worked at the Raleigh law firm Merriman, Nicholls, and Crampton, taught legal writing as an adjunct instructor at UNC Law School, and was a member of the first group of Public Fellows at the College of Arts and Sciences at UNC.
John and Elizabeth are the proud parents of four children: Cate, a recent graduate of Princeton University, a 6-year-old daughter, Emma Claire, and a 4-year-old son, Jack.
forums.mtbr.com /showthread.php?t=38333   (6783 words)

  
 CNN.com - Edwards plans campaign meeting at Confederate site - Feb. 7, 2003
John Edwards, D-North Carolina, plans to meet with supporters of his presidential bid at a Confederate site in South Carolina Saturday -- a move his office insists does not conflict with his aggressive pitch for African-American support nor his agreement to follow the NAACP's economic boycott of the state.
Edwards, a critic of the state's decision to fly the Confederate flag on state grounds, has not endorsed all terms of the NAACP's boycott, which protests the same issue.
Edwards and the Rev. Al Sharpton are the only Democratic candidates who have said they would honor the boycott in some fashion.
www.cnn.com /2003/ALLPOLITICS/02/07/edwards.campaign/index.html   (517 words)

  
 Profile of Elizabeth Edwards: Lawyer, Mother, Political Wife, Cancer Survivor
Elizabeth Edwards has faced the death of her oldest son and stage 4 cancer with dignity and courage.
Edwards began her career as a clerk for a federal judge in Virginia and then worked at the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office.
With the help of reproductive therapies, Elizabeth Edwards gave birth to Emma Claire in 1998 at the age of 48, and then to John Atticus (Jack) in 2000 at the age of 50.
profilesofnewsmakers.suite101.com /article.cfm/profile_of_elizabeth_edwards   (503 words)

  
 Elizabeth Edwards: A Woman of the People - Newsweek Campaign 2004 - MSNBC.com
She cuts to the chase.'' Elizabeth doesn't seem to feel she has to hide the book smarts, either, and pays audiences the rare compliment of assuming that "real'' people can be moved by poetry.
Mary Elizabeth Anania Edwards was a Navy brat who moved around a lot as a kid, and met her husband in law school at the University of North Carolina.
He is several years younger than she, and came from a more modest background, yet they were alike in the ways that mattered, she has often said, and she fell in love with his sweetness and almost limitless sense of the possible.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5411916/site/newsweek   (766 words)

  
 Kerry picks Edwards as veep
Edwards, Gephardt and Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack were identified by campaign aides as finalists, and Kerry spent the Independence Day holiday in Volsack's home state.
However, ‘others expressed concern that Senator Edwards, whose only political credential is a single term in the Senate, lacks the experience in international affairs, particularly in wartime, to be a credible candidate to assume the presidency in the case of death, resignation or removal.’
It will be recalled that the 51 year-old Edwards seldom criticized Kerry or any of the other Democrats while running a generally positive campaign last November.
www.kwenu.com /publications/ojukwu/kerry_edwards.htm   (1124 words)

  
 Elizabeth Edwards - Moviefone
After the death of her son and her retirement from legal practice, she changed her name to Elizabeth Edwards.
Elizabeth Edwards shares her husband's deep commitment to improving the daily...
Elizabeth Edwards - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Elizabeth Edwards Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
movies.aol.com /celebrity/elizabeth-edwards/21233/main   (98 words)

  
 Saving Graces by Elizabeth Edwards Detailed Book Review
The daughter of a Navy pilot, who spent part of her childhood in Japan, Elizabeth Anania was in law school when she met John Edwards.
Elizabeth had a very successful career of her own as a bankruptcy attorney and a professor at a law school.
John Edwards was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1998.
www.allreaders.com /Topics/Info_35223.asp   (457 words)

  
 Scholastic News:
Edwards is also an American success story, a self-made millionaire.
At the same time, Edwards paints Bush as a supporter for the wealthy who is out to lower more taxes for the upper class.
Edwards supports the death penalty but says it is an unfair system.
teacher.scholastic.com /scholasticnews/indepth/kids_primaries/meet_candidates/index.asp?article=j_edwards   (453 words)

  
 Choose Our President 2008--Fmr. Sen. John Edwards (NC)
Edwards has intelligence experience and is young and good on television, making a fair impression in the debates and on the stump.
Edwards got better at communicating as he went along, trouncing Vice President Cheney in their debate.
Edwards wrote in the Washington Post on Nov. 14, 2005, that he would not have voted for the Iraq War had he had access to unfiltered intelligence.
www.chooseourpresident2008.com /edwards.html   (215 words)

  
 Who is John Edwards? Democratic Vice President
John Edwards has been a leader in fighting bioterrorism, and he's taken on powerful special interests to safeguard our nuclear power plants and chemical plants.
John Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth, whom he met when both were law students at Chapel Hill, were married in 1977.
The Edwards also established an education foundation in memory of their son that offers college scholarships to students.
www.independentsforkerry.org /info/index.php?category_id=1388   (683 words)

  
 lotusmedia 2.0 » Where does John Edwards vote?
So I did a little research (and found their legal names, which turn out to be Mary Elizabeth Anania and Johnny Reid), and I couldn’t find them as registered voters here.
In fact, John and Elizabeth are still registered at their Raleigh address.
I know for a fact that John and Elizabeth both voted by absentee ballot in last week’s Raleigh Mayoral election, and if they view their apartment in Chapel Hill as a temporary residence they are fully within their rights to vote in Wake County until their permanent residence is built.
lotusmedia.org /does-john-edwards-vote   (1331 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: Kerry names John Edwards vice president running mate
Edwards Praised as Able Kerry Stand-In on Stump
Audiences found Edwards an able stand-in for Kerry during four days of stumping, greeting him with cheers and applause.
Family: Wife, Elizabeth Anania Edwards; four children (one deceased)
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/politics/elections/2004/whitehouse/edwardsjohn   (142 words)

  
 Wade Edwards Foundation
The Wade Edwards Foundation is a public non-profit organization qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
The purpose of the Foundation is to reward, encourage, and inspire young people in the pursuit of excellence.
The primary project of the Wade Edwards Foundation is the
www.wade.org /wef.htm   (258 words)

  
 Politics1 - 2008 Presidential Candidates: Former US Senator John Edwards (D-NC)
John Edwards for President - Official Campaign Site.
John Edwards Unofficial Blog (JEdwards.us) - Grassroots Supporters.
NC and SC for Edwards - Grassroots Supporters.
www.politics1.com /p2008-edwards.htm   (138 words)

  
 At a glance: Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards
At a glance: Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards
AGE: 53; born June 10, 1953 in Seneca, S.C. HOME: Chapel Hill, N.C. FAMILY: Wife, Elizabeth Anania Edwards (married 1977); daughters Cate, 24, and Emma Claire, 8; son Jack, 6.
Edwards' 16-year-old son Wade died in 1996 in a car accident.
www.rockymounttelegram.com /news/content/gen/ap/SOU_Edwards_Bio_Box.html   (217 words)

  
 JS Online: Biography of N.C. Senator John Edwards
EXPERIENCE: Edwards was a trial lawyer in Nashville, Tenn., and in Raleigh, N.C., for more than 20 years; elected to Senate in 1998.
They lost teenage son Wade in 1996 in a traffic accident.
Edwards wears an Outward Bound pin on his suit coat constantly in honor of his son.
www.jsonline.com /election2000/ap/jan03/ap-bio-box-edwards010103.asp   (161 words)

  
 Elizabeth Anania Edwards - Politics News Story - WESH Orlando
Elizabeth Anania Edwards - Politics News Story - WESH Orlando
Met John Edwards: At University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Law School
Occupations: Clerk, U.S. District Court Judge Calvitt Clarke, Jr., 1977-1978; attorney, North Carolina Attorney General's office, 1981-1984; Attorney, Merriman, Nicholls and Crampton, 1984-1986; Adjunct Instructor of legal writing, University of North Carolina Law School, early 1990s; Member, Public Fellows at the College of Arts and Sciences at University of North Carolina, 1996-1997.
www.wesh.com /politics/2749812/detail.html   (270 words)

  
 Info Central: a collection of news articles and information on special topics for kids!
US Navy, 1966-69 (awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star, and three Purple Hearts for combat action in Vietnam).
Senator John Kerry locked up the Democratic nomination when he knocked John Edwards -- his last major rival -- out of the race by sweeping Super Tuesday.
Kerry initially filed federal paperwork formally launching his Presidential exploratoraty committee in December 2002.
www.kidsnewsroom.org /election2004/johnkerry.html   (499 words)

  
 Elizabeth Edwards books reviews
These are the memoirs of Elizabeth Anania Edwards, who became famous when her husband, John, was the Democratic vice presidential candidate in 2004.
Talk about the novels, new and used books that Edwards has written!
You can also search for posters who want to buy or sell Edwards's novels cheap.
www.allreaders.com /topics/Topic_15634.asp   (126 words)

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