Saw this on Washington Journal: Edwards under growing pressure to confront tabloid reports of love

I'm posting it because unlike the Enquirer, McClatchy has credibility:

By MARK JOHNSON

McClatchy Newspapers

RALEIGH, N.C. — Former Sen. John Edwards has a deadline to save his spot on the national stage.

With two weeks to go before their national convention, a number of Democrats are saying that Edwards needs to publicly address National Enquirer stories that have alleged he had an affair with a campaign worker and fathered her baby.

The Enquirer released photos Wednesday purportedly showing Edwards and the baby.

If Edwards fails to clear up the story in short order, he risks party officials deciding not to have him speak or, if they do, creating a distraction from a week focused on Barack Obama accepting the nomination.

“If there is not an explanation that’s satisfactory, acceptable and meets high moral standards, the answer is ’no,’ he would not be a prime candidate to make a major address to the convention,” said Don Fowler, a former Democratic National Committee chair.

Democrats gather in Denver on Aug. 25 and Edwards, as the 2004 vice presidential nominee and a presidential candidate who won delegates this year, ordinarily would be locked in as a speaker.

“He absolutely does have to (resolve it). If it’s not true, he has to issue a stronger denial,” said Gary Pearce, the Democratic strategist who ran Edwards’ 1998 Senate race. “It’s a very damaging thing. ...

“The big media has tried to be responsible and handle this with kid gloves, but it’s clearly getting ready to bust out. If it’s not true, he’s got to stand up and say, ’This is not true. That is not my child and I’m going to take legal action against the people who are spreading these lies.’ It’s not enough to say, ’That’s tabloid trash,’“ Pearce said.

Edwards is widely regarded as a rousing speaker, particularly on poverty, and still has as many as 19 delegates pledged to him, making him a logical choice for a high-profile convention role under normal circumstances.

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under the theme "Who's Your Daddy?" replete with an on-air DNA test will satisfy these morans.

Obama is going to have to make a statement on Larry Sinclair. IMO, that's someone's ultimate goal in pushing this story.

Say, are tabloid publishers still receiving anthrax letters?

Someone else is claiming to be the father. The Edwards-haters are really clutching at straws here. Witness the right's desperate attemts to convince themselves that the National Enquirer is suddenly a reputable source.

If he doesn't address it, he's got a big problem.

address raping a 14 year old.

Edited to say: Having a baby by someone other than your wife is not necessarily a "serious" charge. Lying to take this country to war illegally is a "serious" charge. Politicizing the Justice Department is "serious"; outing an undercover CIA agent is "serious", etc., etc.

It encourages the media to continue with this type of "journalism".

Or is there a huge, stinking lawsuit festering underneath?

Edwards is a lawyer... no fool.

I say wait and see.

Edwards as a grassroots politician is a nightmare to repugs...

Anybody else remember sitting through that Geraldo debacle years ago?