First off, Ann Coulter did not joke/wish that Edwards should be assassinated...MSM distortion.
Second, Ms. Edwards complains about the “political discourse” these days as it pertains to the likes of Ann Coulter. My guess is she’s not bothered by such “discourse” when it comes from the likes of Bill Maher and Michael Moore...who, incidentally, called the passengers of the planes on 9/11 “cowards”.
http://michellemalkin.com/2005/04/27/air-americas-assassination-chic/
He wants to triple the earned-income tax credit (not a sexy issue but very important) and raise the minimum wage -- if you raise it by a dollar, 900,000 people are raised out of poverty.
Why don't we raise it by five dollars an hour, then? That would raise a lot more people out of poverty. Heck, let's just make minimum wage $50 per hour-- now everyone is rich! Solving poverty turned out to be easier than we thought. So how come her husband needs to tour the country and give speeches about it? His wife has the answer right there...