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John Edwards Speaks Up Don’t crown Hillary yet! Hillary Clinton may be all but declared the 2008 nominee here in New York, but don’t tell John Edwards that. “I think talking about a front-runner four years before an election is ridiculous,” he tells us. Edwards is coming to town this week to give a speech at the New School assailing Bush tax policies, and to visit his daughter, who works at Vanity Fair. Now at the University of North Carolina, his voting finger is clearly itchy. We ran through some talking points. The circus of legislative outrage surrounding Terri Schiavo?...

The Southern Spectator "Hedges" the Election by Supporting Gentleman John Edwards, the Senator from NC, for VP Nominee By the Southern Spectator Editorial Staff Major news outlets have been reporting that Kerry's campaign has begun background checks of top running mate prospects including gentleman John Edwards, the Senator from North Carolina, Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, and a handful of other possible VP nominees. Normally the staff of the Southern Spectator would yawn about this development, but this year there is too much at stake for the common, everyday American. While the Southern Spectator fully supports President George W. Bush for...

Bush attacks big awards President makes case on turf of potential foe while speaking at a fund-raiser for GOP Senate hopeful Elizabeth Dole.By ROB CHRISTENSEN AND JOHN WAGNER, Staff Writers HIGH POINT - President Bush took aim at excessive medical malpractice suits and trial lawyers Thursday in an event that had more than a whiff of 2004 presidential politics. In a speech in High Point, the president called for new curbs on jury malpractice awards -- $250,000 on pain and suffering -- in what he said was an effort to hold down health-care costs and keep doctors from closing their...