Edwards Appeals to Women on Terror Issue; Joined by Breitweiser

Vice presidential candidate John Edwards on Tuesday sought to blunt growing support for President Bush among women voters and others concerned about national security by campaigning with a Sept. 11 widow in two states that suffered losses in the terrorist attacks.

"When John Kerry is your president, we will find these terrorists, we will find al-Qaida where they are, and we will crush them," Edwards told an audience at Carnegie Mellon University before traveling to campaign events in New Jersey. "I'm convinced the only people who can't see mistakes in Iraq are George Bush and Dick Cheney."

Pennsylvania, where Kerry and Bush remain in a tight race, has been a frequent campaign destination for both parties because of its closely divided electorate. One of the airliners hijacked on Sept. 11 crashed in a field in western Pennsylvania, killing its 40 passengers and crew.

That the Democrats would need to campaign in New Jersey at all is evidence of an unexpected surge of support for Bush, who once trailed Kerry by 13 percentage points but tied his rival there in a poll released last week. Nearly 700 New Jersey residents died in the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.

Joining Edwards was Kristen Breitweiser, of Middletown, N.J., a driving force behind creation of the 9/11 commission whose husband died in the World Trade Center. She has been traveling with Edwards to show her support for the Democratic ticket. She said she voted for Bush in 2000.

"I am here, because I know in my heart, with Senator Edwards and Senator Kerry we will be safer in this country," she said at an evening rally in Newark, N.J.

Breitweiser's presence underscored an effort by the Kerry campaign to send voters two messages: that women worried about terrorism should reconsider their backing of the president and that someone who lost family in the Sept. 11 attacks said she believes Kerry would do a better job of protecting the nation.


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of years ago when she was campaigning to get a 9/11 commision..I believe she was on the Phil Donahue Show and I thought .."what an eloquent speaker for our side..and here she is with John Edwards..campaigning for the Dem Presidencey and VPresidencey!

I wouldn't be able to harness my anger and grief and use it wisely. All of those Jersey girls are wonderful.

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"That the Democrats would need to campaign in New Jersey at all is evidence of an unexpected surge of support for Bush, who once trailed Kerry by 13 percentage points but tied his rival there in a poll released last week."

I don't like the fact that they included it at ALL, given the recent debate over the polls, and I especially don't like the "tone".