When you are raised, as John Edwards was, in a small town like Robbins, North Carolina, you get to understand poverty and unemployment, or inadequate health care, first-hand by seeing the daily struggles of your friends and neighbors.

There has to be life after the Charlotte Mayors office.

John Edwards comes from working folk, just like me. John Edwards worked hard and excelled to get his education, just like me.

Jesse Helms has never been an invincible man.

When you are raised, as John Edwards was, in a small town like Robbins, North Carolina, you get to understand poverty and unemployment, or inadequate health care, first-hand by seeing the daily struggles of your friends and neighbors.

In my wildest dreams, I never would have thought wed come to the point where were talking about the re-election of a black president.