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Edwards Staff Planned to Sabotage Him

Affair rumors inspired 'doomsday' scheme if he led Dems

(Newser) - Suspicious that John Edwards was having an affair, several of his campaign staffers drew up a “doomsday” plan to take him down if he seemed likely to win the Democratic nomination, George Stephanopoulos blogs for ABC News. Most staffers dismissed the rumors, but a few close advisers saw the...

Stand By Your Man (So You Can Drag Him Through Mud)

Elizabeth Edwards exacted an 'exquisite' form of revenge against her cheating hubby

(Newser) - Veronica Lario, the scorned wife of Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, has much to learn from Elizabeth Edwards about revenge American style, Alessandra Stanley writes in the New York Times. When Lario filed for divorce and publicly griped about his caddish ways, Berlusconi just turned the tables by demanding a public...

Edwardses Candid in Oprah Interview

Elizabeth and John talk candidly about their difficult year

(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey’s interview with John and Elizabeth Edwards was intensely personal, reports the Huffington Post, particularly on their marital troubles. Referencing revelations in Elizabeth’s memoir, Resilience, Winfrey asked John if the book’s treatment of his affair made him uncomfortable. “I think that’s up to her,...

Elizabeth as Enabler: Ambition Drove Them Both

(Newser) - Questioning Elizabeth Edwards’ motives may be a “modern sacrilege,” but Kathleen Parker is doing it anyway. Yes, she’s endured a lot, but she’s the one who dragged herself back into the public spotlight with her book. “Victimhood is a reliable insulator against criticism, but something...

Edwards Mistress Wants DNA Test

Love child could be exposed as John's

(Newser) - Elizabeth Edwards’ trash talking of Rielle Hunter is backfiring—Hunter now wants a DNA test to prove John Edwards is the father of her baby, the National Enquirer reports. “Rielle is so infuriated by his and Elizabeth’s actions that she’s throwing her loyalty to him out the...

Edwardses Can't Get Out of Their Own Way
Edwardses
Can't Get Out of Their Own Way
OPINION
May 6, 2009 8:34 AM CDT

Edwardses Can't Get Out of Their Own Way

With book, betrayed Elizabeth trades privacy for payback

(Newser) - Elizabeth Edwards knew her husband’s run for president could implode the moment his affair with Rielle Hunter came out, but she played the loving wife role anyway. “It was hard to walk away,” writes Maureen Dowd of the New York Times. “Just as it’s hard...

Elizabeth to Oprah: It's 'Complicated'

(Newser) - Elizabeth Edwards is taking married life day by day—or "maybe it's month by month"—she tells Oprah, in an episode to air Thursday. When asked whether she still loves her husband, she responds, "You know, that's a complicated question," the AP reports. "I wanted...

Elizabeth Edwards: Road With John Is Clear, But Long

Memoir excerpt reveals reaction, recovery after John's affair

(Newser) - In Elizabeth Edwards memoir about coming to terms with her husband's disastrous affair, she tries to understand why he was "targeted” by videographer Rielle Hunter and why he fell for it. "I have come to understand his liaison with this woman, if I have, not as a substitute...

Edwards Admits Feds Probing Hush Cash

Candidate may have paid off mistress with campaign donations

(Newser) - John Edwards is being investigated by feds looking to see if he illegally used 2008 campaign funds to hush up mistress Rielle Hunter, the former candidate told the Charlotte Observer, confirming an earlier report in the Edwards-happy National Enquirer. Hunter, hired to film the candidate, was paid $114,000 by...

Edwards Cost Clinton Dearly: Penn
Edwards Cost Clinton Dearly: Penn
May 1, 2009 4:24 PM CDT

Edwards Cost Clinton Dearly: Penn

Ex-senator's fall from grace touches off second-guessing

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton strategist Mark Penn is kicking himself in the wake of reports that Elizabeth Edwards thinks her husband shouldn't have run for president, ABC News reports. If news of John Edwards' infidelity had forced him to drop out of the race, Penn said, “No question in my mind,...

Edwards: I Cried, Screamed Over John's Affair

New book reveals 'crying, screaming' reaction to news of affair

(Newser) - Elizabeth Edwards reveals her reaction to husband John’s affair—which she knew about nearly a year before the story broke—in her new book, the New York Daily News reports. “I cried and screamed, I went to the bathroom and threw up,” she writes in Resilience, out...

Edwards Tells Elizabeth 'It's My Kid': Enquirer

Concerned ex-lover will go public, Edwards cops to love child first

(Newser) - John Edwards has come clean to his wife about the baby he fathered with ex-mistress Rielle Hunter, reports the National Enquirer (the publication that broke the news of the affair). Hunter has been “edgy” over cancer-stricken Elizabeth Edwards’ upcoming book, and the tabloid says John’s confession is an...

Elizabeth Edwards' Memoir to Discuss John's Affair

(Newser) - Elizabeth Edwards will publish a short memoir in May that will deal in part with her husband's campaign-killing affair, Fox News reports. The book, Resilience, will talk about John Edwards' dalliance, "and how she experienced it," says Elizabeth's publicist, who declined to reveal other specifics. The book also...

Daschle Plugged Sugar Daddy for White House Job

Mogul Hindery employed former senator at high pay; his limo service at root of tax flap

(Newser) - Health and Human Services nominee Tom Daschle advocated for an administration position for business patron Leo Hindery, Politico reports. Hindery gave Daschle a high-paying job (and the car service that led to tax questions), and Daschle suggested Hindery for a government role—maybe commerce secretary or trade representative. “It...

Biggest Media Gaffes of 2008
 Biggest Media Gaffes of 2008 
Dec 23, 2008 7:30 PM CST

Biggest Media Gaffes of 2008

(Newser) - Politico runs down a list of some of the worst media mistakes of 2008:
  • New Hampshire primary: Just about everyone predicted Hillary would lose by double digits, ending her campaign. Not even close.
  • McCain-Iseman: The long-awaited New York Times story alleging an improper relationship between McCain and a lobbyist had
...

'Unsexiest' Men Alive: Post-Election Edition
'Unsexiest' Men Alive: Post-Election Edition
OPINION
Dec 10, 2008 7:13 PM CST

'Unsexiest' Men Alive: Post-Election Edition

(Newser) - The Boston Phoenix drew up its  “Unsexiest Men” list in March, but the election season produced some new contenders, while others earned a reprieve.
  • John Edwards: The perennial Dem also-ran wasn't on the first list, but his very public dalliance earns him a spot after a recount of sorts.
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Emanuel Pokes Fun at Stephen Colbert
Emanuel
Pokes Fun at Stephen Colbert
Nov 16, 2008 12:28 PM CST

Emanuel Pokes Fun at Stephen Colbert

And manages to zing Edwards, Lieberman, and Palin at charity

(Newser) - Emboldened by the election, at least one Democrat brashly took potshots at a satirist who relishes zapping politicians on TV. Barack Obama's new chief of staff Rahm Emanuel roasted faux newsman Stephen Colbert at a weekend charity function—but in a deft word twist managed to zing a number of...

Edwards Returns to Public Stage, Stays Mum on Affair

(Newser) - John Edwards didn't have to dodge tough questions from an Indiana University audience tonight as he returned to the public stage three months after admitting to an affair. He addressed politics, poverty, and his hopes for America, but a subsequent question-and-answer session—featuring questions vetted in advance—did not raise...

Edwards' Mistress Planning Tell-All

Fearing 'hush money' will dry up, Rielle Hunter turns to book deal $

(Newser) - John Edwards' former mistress is writing a tell-all book because she fears her "hush money" will dry up, reports the New York Daily News in a rundown of the National Enquirer's latest scoop on the fallen-from-grace Dem. An enterprising Enquirer reporter is said to have stolen one of her...

Edwards Split Reported
  Edwards Split Reported 
Oct 30, 2008 7:28 AM CDT

Edwards Split Reported

John Edwards no longer living at home, source tells New York Post

(Newser) - Three days after Elizabeth Edwards made a health-care reform speech in DC without her wedding ring on, a source tells the New York Post that her cheating hubby, former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, is no longer living with his cancer-stricken wife and that the couple has separated. Elizabeth's reps...

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