I have a great deal of respect for Elizabeth Edwards and her husband. I hope though that the politicians in the Democratic party can keep from denouncing each other and piling on, because this country is in a mess and we need to change the entire administration and get rid of a good many Congress people and Senators on both sides of the isle that have become permanent fixtures around D.C. None care about the American people, just getting re-elected, the perks and fund raisers. So if her and her husband want to help then start attacking the Republicans and lay off the Dems. The American public are frothing at the mouth right now, with all the corruption, IRAQ, Katrina, the deficit, you name it. We need to pull together from every direction in order to get rid of these scumbags who have decided to make our country one of a dictatorship instead of a Democracy.
So, yes speak out Elizabeth, but please start spewing some of that questioning towards the Repubs.
I'm an independent and want to support a candidate that is in touch with AMERICANS, not with their corporate fund raisers. Thanks Sue F

I do not believe Elzabeth Edwards is helping her husband any by harping on Hilary Clinton. He seems nice, but she is beginning to feel like a catty wife. Hilary does not need to say she is sorry. We know she regrets her vote and has said so, that is enough. We are not in grade school where our parents make us go and apologize for calling someone a name. Keep the banter clean Elizabeth...please

Clinton's and others' vote to invade Iraq is not something she can apologize for, much less express regret just to satisfy the voters in 2008. Her vote on that issue shows that she is, after all, nothing special when it comes to integrity and character; like the others, she voted as an aspirant to the white house, not a leader. She and they knew what the right vote was but did the political calculus rather than do what was right. It was a A political cowardice equal to the McCarthy era. I wish it were not so, because except for integrity, she has it all. Any senator or congressman who cast that vote is undeserving of future service to the people. Vote them all out of office. Are we in an era where no wrong goes unpunished ? Clean house.

This country's infrastructure is in worse shape than anyone can imagine. Tens of thousands of people in New Orleans couldn't flee Hurricane Katrina because they had no money. They were living paycheck to paycheck. There are millions more like those people around the country. Tens of millions more are living month to month on credit card debt. Millions more are losing their jobs, homes, and pensions. Who is talking about troubles of these people? John and Elizabeth Edwards are the faint voices of these people that needs to get stronger and louder.

elizabeth needs to go home and spend time with her kids while she can. her husband needs to try again later in his life running for president and spend time with his wife while he can .He comes across as very power hungry like Hillary Clinton. John edwards needs to quit using his wife's illness to win "the presidency ". NO ONE IS IMPRESSED ! It makes him look VERY small. My grandma told me when I was young love is blind but you don't have to act stupid. Elizabeth looks stupid going against Hillary and Ann Coulter, like she is John's mother not his wife. Chris Matthews thinks "we the people" are stupid. He NEVER takes calls ( the call elizabeth made to his show while ann coulter was on was a set-up !! GROW UP JOHN NO ONE IS IMPRESSED !

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I thank you Elizabeth Edwards for being so... very "real".

We have met this political season's Teresa Heinz Kerry. With friends (and family) like these, John Edwards is out of the running.

Good riddance to bad haircuts.

Are we electing another one who wants to be "co-President"? UGH. Pipe down there Elizabeth and concentrate on your health.
Jim is right: All Dems are unplugged! Great line Jim! Vote FRED!!

I hate to say this, but Elizabeth Edwards is not unplugged; she is becoming unhinged. She claims that her husband John invented the idea of campaigning on "hope." First, that's an age-old theme. Second, she is stepping on her own message in suggesting that John's speechwriters' presence in Obama's campaign explains the commonality; that tells me John got the idea from consultants! Third, the "audacity of hope" line that Obama uses traces back to his 1991 memoir, written while John Edwards was trying malpractice cases in North Carolina and before Obama would have heard of John Edwards. So, Elizabeth, contain yourself!

Does Elizabeth Edwards think John invented the word "hope"? Like, no one else can use it? I 'hope' she quits attacking the Dems, as someone else posted; and, if she's going to say anything at all, target the dangerous, miserable mess the Republicans are responsible for getting us into, and focus on their weak, pathetic candidates...and would-be candidate.

Maybe a tangerine would help.

Keep speaking out, Elizabeth...DO NOT STOP!!! You (and John) are the only ones out there who are speaking on behalf of ALL Americans!

God help us all...Have we learned nothing from the disaster of the last two elections!!?!? Wake up, America!!!

I'm naive BUT wouldn't it be pretty nice if all political candidates (and their spouse's) would just tell us what they would do to move this once great country forward and cut out the mudslinging, name calling, etc., that serves no purpose??????

When senators and representatives have to wait months for an appointment with a doctor (like normal people do), wait hours in a waiting room to see one (like we all do), live in areas were doctors are not that great (like I do), you get what you can get (like I do) then life for these jerks will change. They get any doctor they want, they go to the best government facilities know to man, it is totally free, no waiting it is all at their convenience. This is disgusting. Make health care services and quality the same for me as they have. I want to use Bethesda and not wait, get the best doctors they have and pay nothing. Then it is equal. They make enough money to pay their own health care. Why should I? Is that what good ole Hillary will give us all? I want equality just like her's.

Can't you see John Edwards is a fake! Perhaps more so than Hillary.
He made his money chasing ambulances, suing companies and jacking up health care rates. Now he wants to reform it. A bit disingenuous.

John Edwards....the one-hit-wonder senator from NC...couldn't get reelected in his own state much less POTUS. He's a laughingstock, slimy, ambulance-chaser.

Hmmmm... how First Lady like, coming to the defense of her husband, setting the tone for Presidential candidates to emulate, defining the issues of our day. "Holier than thou", a phrase that gives new validity to that long since abandoned term "uppity."

Elizabeth is turning into John's mommy dearest. Enough already. If johnny can't speak for himself how in the world is he going to speak for America.

I think that Elizabeth Edwards criticisms are in some instances fair and in some instances not. But the fact remains: she is not running for anything. I wonder how Elizabeth constantly going on the attack for her husband, who is ostensibly the candidate, looks to other people. To me, it makes him look weak. And, parenthetically, why is Hillary's apology for her vote any less valid than Elizabeth's husband's apology?