I'm listening to a caller go on about Edwards and how he will put a stop to the lobbyists
Hmmmm ... I don't think so
http://www.newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/politics/national/features/4741/index1.html
As the Senate Democrats' top recruiter, Bob Kerrey, acting on a scouting tip, persuaded Edwards to run for the Senate. The incumbent, Lauch Faircloth, was a 70-year-old hog farmer and Helms alter ego. Polls suggested he was beatable, and interest groups like the Sierra Club wanted him gone.