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Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards relied heavily on trial lawyer cash during his failed bid for the White House in 2004. He vowed his fund-raising efforts this time around would be "far more diversified." Oh, those pesky campaign promises! The ex-med mal lawyer-- a multi-millionaire himself-- made a stop in St. Louis last week for an irresistible tete-a-tete with local lawyers at an exclusive fundraiser.

Here’s a round-up of recent headlines that makes it clear that The Party With No Plan has no plans to keep its campaign promises:† Dems Won't Find Enacting 9/11 Ideas Easy: Remember how Pelosi & Co. was going to implement every single one of the 9/11 Commission’s recommendations? Well, forget it. ... † Democrats Split On How Far To Go With Ethics Law: After months of yammering about the "culture of corruption" on the other side of the aisle, Dems are dancing as fast as they can away from their promise of a "complete overhaul" of Congressional ethics rules. ......

John Kerry recently approached a man on the street carrying a Bush sign. Kerry asked the man to vote for him instead of Bush, but the guy said he had already promised to vote for Bush. The Democrat reminded him of the Kerry campaign motto - "Promising is one thing, doing it is another." "In that case", the man retorted, "I promise to vote for you".

During the 2000 campaign, George W. Bush laid out a set of principles regarding campaign reform that were sound and sensible. When I heard them I thought, 'Well, at least if Bush is elected president we won't have to worry about McCain/Feingold (the Senate version of campaign finance reform legislation) or Shays/Meehan (the House version).' Among the principles Bush mentioned was that he would not favor any legislation that curtailed free speech. He had a number of other objections, which the so-called Campaign Finance Reform bill now lying on his desk directly contradicts. But apparently it doesn't matter to the...