Edwards Tells Clinton and Obama to "Cut... it... out...!"

John Edwards says the little Clinton/Obama hissy fit needs to stop!


DOVER, N.H. (AP) -- Presidential hopeful John Edwards said the tiff between Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama is completely wrong for the Democratic Party.

"The last thing we need is two presidential candidates fighting with each other, instead of fighting for the change we need in America," Edwards said. "And, man, do we need change in the worst possible way."

Since last week's debate in South Carolina, Clinton and Obama have been arguing about how far each would go, as president, to meet with leaders of hostile nations like Iran, Syria, Venezuela,
Cuba and North Korea.

An Obama spokeswoman disputed Edwards' comments.

"This is a substantive and important debate people want to hear about, whether we are going to turn the page on the Bush-Cheney foreign policy, which has damaged our national security and
America's standing in the world," Leslie Miller said.

On a two-day campaign swing through New Hampshire, Edwards also responded to criticism Republicans Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani have thrown at him for proposing a hike in capital gains taxes.

"What I say to Romney and Giuliani is all that money that they're making from their investments -- in Romney's case hundreds of millions of dollars -- all that money they're making from investments, I want them to pay their fair share of taxes on those investments," Edwards said. "I want them to be treated not better than average Americans."

A Romney spokesman said Edwards missed the point.

"While we'd all like to be able to join Mr. Edwards and laugh off $400 haircuts, Mitt Romney believes that working families should be able to keep more of their money," Craig Stevens said.

Edwards: "They Want to Shut Me Up"

Hat tip: Politico.com

Edwards Addresses Health Care

Edwards addressed Health Care at the YouTube/CNN debate. Here's a little snippet of what he said.

John Edwards-RFK Parallel

Most would consider a comparison between John Edwards and Robert F. Kennedy a stretch (some would go so far as to call it blasphemy). Jonathan Darman wrote an intriguing article in the current Newsweek.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19886671/site/newsweek/

Caught on Tape: Hillary and Edwards Plot to Weed Out Other Candidates

Bill Clinton Defends Wife Against Elizabeth Edwards Criticism

NEW YORK (AP) -- Former President Clinton spoke out on behalf of his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, after Elizabeth Edwards criticized the Democratic front-runner for not being a strong advocate for women.

"If you look at the record on women's issues, I defy you to find anybody who has run for office in recent history whose got a longer history of working for women, for families and children, than Hillary does," Bill Clinton said Thursday in an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America."

On Tuesday, in an interview published in the online magazine Salon, Elizabeth Edwards said that her husband John Edwards would be a more consistent champion for women if elected president. "Keeping that door open to women is actually more a policy of John's than Hillary's," she said, suggesting the New York senator may be avoiding women's issues to "behave as a man."

President Clinton disputed that contention.

"I don't think she's trying to be a man. I don't think it's inconsistent with being a woman that you can also be knowledgeable on military and security affairs and be strong when the occasion demands it.

"I don't consider that being manly. I consider that being a leader," he said.

The former president was in South Africa as part of a
multi-nation tour on behalf of his foundation.