Saving Edwards’ legacy [View All]

John Edwards’ message may not have moved enough Democratic voters in the early primaries, but the central focus of his campaign — economic justice — deserves a prominent place in the Democratic platform as the race for the White House moves forward

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The eventual nominee — Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama — should take to heart Edwards’ insistence that the Democratic Party return its focus to the cause of working people and those who live in poverty in America.

“For decades, we stopped focusing on those struggles,” Edwards said in his withdrawal speech in New Orleans. “They didn’t register in political polls, they didn’t get us votes and so we stopped talking about it.”

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Edwards became the first leading presidential candidate in years to make economic justice the centerpiece of his campaign, giving a voice to the most vulnerable in American society: children, disabled citizens, veterans and the elderly.

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