John Edwards Is Mad As Hell And Ready To Lead

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==CHARLESTON, S.C.—John Edwards may not be leading in the polls. But, he would like to stress, he is leading on the issues.

“I don’t need to read a poll, I don’t need to see a focus group and I don’t need to see what the other candidates are saying,” said Mr. Edwards, sitting next to his wife in a blue van pulling away from Kitty’s Fine Foods in Charleston. “I know exactly what I would do as president and that’s why I have been leading on these issues. And it is exactly the kind of leadership I will provide as president.”

Mr. Edwards and his campaign are rallying around the idea that he has demonstrated leadership by getting out front early on major issues, advocating “big change” and then almost daring his rivals to follow his example.==

==“You describe it as if it is some kind of strategic maneuver,” said Mr. Edwards, turning around in his seat to face his questioner. “I’m not waiting for anybody else’s position. I know what my own views are and I’m going to lead on it.”==


==“Get to them when?” asked Mr. Edwards, when confronted with that logic. “When you start a campaign for the presidency of the United States you better have a very clear idea about what you want to do as president from day one.”==

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