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To: calgal who wrote (5707)	1/23/2004 9:55:08 PM
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Part II: Two-Face John Edwards is a Clinton-style golden boy. What does it look like when he has a bad day? by Jonathan V. Last 01/23/2004 3:55:00 PM Page 2 of 2 < Back It seems like an innocent exchange, with one exception: This morning's Washington Post features an editorial charging that Edwards is "alone among the serious candidates for president" who has declined "to provide a list of his major campaign financiers." So (1) Unless Edwards is going to give his questioner more information than he was willing to give the Post, he lied; and (2) His claim about not taking money from lobbyists is deliberately misleading. As the Post explains, "Edwards has collected a bigger chunk of his donations in the form of $2,000 checks, the largest allowable, than any of the other Democratic candidates. . . . It's no secret that the backbone of Mr. Edwards's financial support has been his fellow trial lawyers . . . What's beyond dispute is that trial lawyers are a special interest." Eventually, this kind of cuteness catches up with a candidate. MANY OF THE VOTERS at the Page Belting event came away unimpressed. Ron Noyes, a musician and a Republican who's disaffected with George W. Bush's fiscal liberalism, was underwhelmed. Rene Oelet , an undecided Democrat, was disappointed, too: "I was hoping for more because, of all the candidates, his personal background is closest to mine." Dave Auprey, a worker at Page Belting, described Edwards's performance as "Not bad, but . . ." Katie McDonald told me that she's met with all of the major candidates and that "This is the first one I've met that I haven't connected with." After seeing Edwards, McDonald is still undecided. Asked if there are any candidates that she absolutely won't vote for, she hooks her thumb in Edwards's direction and says, "Him." Jonathan V. Last is online editor of The Weekly Standard.