John+Edwards

He defeated incumbent [|Republican] [|Lauch Faircloth] in North Carolina's [|1998 Senate election] and during his six-year term sought the Democratic presidential nomination in the [|2004 presidential election]. He eventually became the Democratic candidate for [|Vice President], the running mate of presidential nominee [|Senator] [|John Kerry] of [|Massachusetts]. After Edwards and Kerry lost the election to incumbents [|George W. Bush] and [|Dick Cheney], Edwards began working full time at the One America Committee, a [|political action committee] he established in 2001, and was appointed director of the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity at the [|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill] [|School of Law]. He was also a consultant for [|Fortress Investment Group] LLC.
 * Johnny Reid "John" Edwards**[|[1]] (born [|June 10], [|1953]), is an American politician, serving one term as [|U.S. Senator] from [|North Carolina]. He was the [|Democratic] nominee for [|Vice President] in [|2004], and was a candidate for the [|2008 Democratic presidential nomination] through the January primaries.

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Poverty- In a speech at the National Press Club, former Sen. John Edwards called poverty "the great moral issue of our time" and challenged our country to cut it by a third in a decade and end it within 30 years. To get there, he has proposed major new initiatives to reward work, break up high-poverty neighborhoods, help families save, and encourage families to act responsibly. In his vision of a "Working Society," everyone who is able to work will be expected to work and rewarded for working. Edwards also called on communities to discourage the reckless behavior that threatens the future of many young people.

Energy/Environment- Wants to rid of global warming and wants to create an economy that does not rely on foreign oil. Wants to create new forms of energy, which will create new and good-paying jobs.