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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (134217)	6/1/2012 3:27:24 PM
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EXCELLENT!! I had to send that on email to my friends and kids.

To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (134217)	6/1/2012 8:51:31 PM
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GREENSBORO, N.C. — They thought he was guilty. But they couldn’t convict him. Such was the conundrum for three jurors in the John Edwards corruption trial who recounted their deliberations Friday morning in an interview on NBC’s “Today” show.Those jurors and five others who spoke to ABC’s “Good Morning America” painted a picture of a deeply divided jury riven by a stubborn minority that wanted to convict Edwards of campaign finance violations and an equally headstrong majority that did not think the prosecution proved its case. 124 Comments Weigh InCorrections? Personal Post Gallery John Edwards’s life and political career:?The former presidential candidate faced federal campaign-finance charges in a case that led Thursday to a mistrial. More from PostPolitics Obama: From dove to tough guy Aaron Blake 3:15 PM ET THE FIX \| When it comes to foreign policy, Obama’s image is starting to look a little like his predecessor. Clinton calls Romney record “sterling” Aaron Blake 10:13 AM ET The biggest name in Democratic politics (outside of Obama) stuck another fork in the Bain strategy. John Edwards not after a comeback Melinda Henneberger 9:16 AM ET SHE THE PEOPLE \| Instead, it seems he’s looking for a kind of redemption to keep getting up in the morning. A key question was whether Edwards knew about $1 million in payments from Virginia heiress Rachel “Bunny” Mellon and Edwards’s campaign finance chairman, Fred Baron, to cover up his affair with Rielle Hunter. Juror Ladonna Foster told “Today” show host Matt Lauer that she thinks “Edwards had some knowledge. I think he definitely had some knowledge of the money, where the money was going, especially the money from Mrs. Mellon.” But juror Cindy Aquaro said Edwards was “just smart enough to hide it, and we could not find the evidence.” A key flaw in the prosecution case was its reliance on the testimony of Andrew Young, the Edwards aide who built a luxury home with money from Baron and wrote a bestselling book about his experiences with Edwards. “I think the credibility of the witness was something that was of utmost importance to us,” jury foreman David Recchion told NBC. Recchion also said that the Edwards case highlighted the need for stronger campaign finance laws.