Yesterday, word "leaked out" that former North Carolina Senator John Edwards will soon officially announce that he's running for president in 2008. It appears to be an "accidental" leak to get Edwards some press and take some of the spotlight off of Barack Obama for a little while.
The 2004 John Edwards campaign focused on "two Americas." The "haves" (ex-trial lawyer Edwards is in that group) and the "have-nots" (Dennis Kucinich belongs in this one). That got him some attention during the Democratic caucuses and primaries two years ago, but it became a liability for the Democrats after Edwards joined the Kerry team as the Frenchman's running mate.
All the Bush-Cheney campaign had to say is that they only saw one America.
Now Edwards is talking about "One America" too.
Edwards has a big image problem. He picked up the nickname "The Breck Girl" for his all-too-perfect looks in 2004. Brainster over here calls him the Silky Pony. Good looks don't automatically make someone a lightweight, but that's one of the stumbling blocks Edwards faces the second time around.
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