John Edwards

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Johnny Reid Edwards known as John Edwards (born the June 10th 1953) is an American politician , member of the Democratic party, senator of North Carolina to the Congrès of the United States of 1999 with 2005 and candidate with the vice-presidency of the United States in 2004. Candidate with the democratic candidature for the presidential election of 2008.

Born in a modest milieu from North Carolina, Edwards, first of its family to going to the University, fact fortune as a lawyer by bringing lawsuits at the large companies in the name of injured consumers, in particular vis-a-vis the cigaretiers. Whereas nothing predestined it with the policy, the loss of his/her son in the middle of the years 1990 will encourage it to begin.

It becomes senator of the North Carolina in 1998 by beating the republican outgoing Lauch Faircloth.

The talents of lawyer of John Edwards are very useful for the Democrats during the procedure of Impeachment against President Bill Clinton in 1998 - 1999, so that it becomes influential within the party in spite of his lack of political experience. Thus, in 2000, the candidate of the democratic party to presidential, Al Gore retains it on the list of the possible candidates to the Vice-presidency.

In 2003, it launches out in the race to the primary educations for the nomination of the democratic candidate to the presidential election of 2004. If its countryside does not seem to take off, it makes an opening at the time of the first primary elections, which are held in the Iowa, and well quickly becomes the principal adversary of the democratic future candidate John Kerry It eliminates in a spectacular way of the favorites like Howard Dean and Joseph Liberman. But a series of caucus of the States of the east will prematurely complete its short but profitable countryside. Seeing the growing popularity of the young senator, the democratic candidate, John Kerry, indicates it, in the month of July 2004, like its fellow candidate on the democratic ticket. Its populist speech, with the American direction of the term, stigmatizing “two Americas, that of very rich, and those of the others”, its combat against the abuses the great industrial groups and its establishment in the South is assets for the democratic candidate, who however will be beaten by George W. Bush the November 2nd 2004.

Having decided not to represent itself at its post of Senator at the time of the poll of 2004 to concentrate on the presidential election, there finds without elective station starting from the January 3rd 2005, but remains one of principal rising stars of the democratic party.

The December 28th 2006, it has advertisement which he is candidate with the democratic candidature for the presidential election of 2008.

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