Marathon Pundit: John Edwards' recount: There are "two Americas"

Just when you thought it was safe, the Breck Girl, John Edwards, informs us that there are indeed "two Americas," as he insisted in 2004. For his current campaign, he was down to "one America," but there are in fact, according to Edwards, two of them. He was in heavily Democratic St. Louis today, where he spoke with St. Louis Post-Dispatch political reporter Jo Mannies:

Democratic presidential contender John Edwards has spent months emphasizing his call to end the war in Iraq, along with his detailed proposals to make college tuition and healthcare more affordable.

But Edwards said today that he now plans to resurrect his "two Americas" theme, used extensively during his first bid for president in 2004.

"I'm very focused on the whole "two Americas issue" the economic disparity. People constantly ask me about it," Edwards said in a telephone interview with the Post-Dispatch, just minutes before he attended a fundraising event at Korein Tillery, a downtown law firm.

A lawyer and former U.S. senator from North Carolina, Edwards said that fellow lawyers -- his base in 2004 -- represent only a fraction of his core supporters this time around. His larger national stature, and his longstanding focus on poverty, has helped him build a broad base of "grassroots supporters" who care more about his message, Edwards said.