The Edwards Drama Awaits a Denouement
By NEIL A. LEWIS
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The story of the spectacular rise and fall of John Edwards, with its sordid can’t-look-away dimensions, is moving slowly but deliberately to its conclusion here in North Carolina.
Mr. Edwards, the one-term senator who came close to being elected vice president in 2004 and ran a credible campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, remains largely secluded at his 100-acre estate here.
But a federal grand jury in nearby Raleigh is investigating whether any crimes were committed in connection with campaign laws in an effort to conceal his extramarital affair with a woman named Rielle Hunter. At the same time, Mr. Edwards is moving toward an abrupt reversal in his public posture; associates said in interviews that he is considering declaring that he is the father of Ms. Hunter’s 19-month-old daughter, something that he once flatly asserted in a television interview was not possible.
Friends and other associates of Mr. Edwards and his wife of 32 years, Elizabeth, say she has resisted the idea of her husband’s claiming paternity. Mrs. Edwards, who is battling cancer, “has yet to be brought around,” said one family friend, who like others spoke about the situation on the condition of anonymity, pointing to the complicated and delicate nature of the issue.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/us/politics/20edwards.html?_r=1&em=&pagewanted=print
Ex-aide says Edwards fathered mistress' child
(AP) – 5 hours ago
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A man who once claimed he fathered the child of John Edwards' mistress now says in a book proposal that the former presidential candidate is the baby's father.
The New York Times reported Saturday that political donors made payments to the woman. The claims are all in a book proposal by former Edwards aide Andrew Young, who says he facilitated the affair between Edwards and Rielle Hunter.
The newspaper reports Young wrote that Edwards told Hunter they would marry after Edwards' wife died. His wife, Elizabeth, has cancer.
Edwards has denied he fathered the child. He has acknowledged that federal investigators are looking into his campaign funds.
Lawyers for Young and Hunter did not immediately return messages left Saturday. A spokeswoman for Edwards did not comment.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i2U8VKE_8nwXqaNK23AkxVqnSPsQD9AQJVBO1
Another democrat sex scandal finally coming to an end. Edwards admitted to the affair, just not fathering the child, and then only after the National Enquirer reported it. Now it looks like he finally is going to admit the kid is his.
I did not have sexual relations with that woman!!! Oh wait, that was Bill Clinton.
By NEIL A. LEWIS
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The story of the spectacular rise and fall of John Edwards, with its sordid can’t-look-away dimensions, is moving slowly but deliberately to its conclusion here in North Carolina.
Mr. Edwards, the one-term senator who came close to being elected vice president in 2004 and ran a credible campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, remains largely secluded at his 100-acre estate here.
But a federal grand jury in nearby Raleigh is investigating whether any crimes were committed in connection with campaign laws in an effort to conceal his extramarital affair with a woman named Rielle Hunter. At the same time, Mr. Edwards is moving toward an abrupt reversal in his public posture; associates said in interviews that he is considering declaring that he is the father of Ms. Hunter’s 19-month-old daughter, something that he once flatly asserted in a television interview was not possible.
Friends and other associates of Mr. Edwards and his wife of 32 years, Elizabeth, say she has resisted the idea of her husband’s claiming paternity. Mrs. Edwards, who is battling cancer, “has yet to be brought around,” said one family friend, who like others spoke about the situation on the condition of anonymity, pointing to the complicated and delicate nature of the issue.
Read the rest
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/us/politics/20edwards.html?_r=1&em=&pagewanted=print
Ex-aide says Edwards fathered mistress' child
(AP) – 5 hours ago
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A man who once claimed he fathered the child of John Edwards' mistress now says in a book proposal that the former presidential candidate is the baby's father.
The New York Times reported Saturday that political donors made payments to the woman. The claims are all in a book proposal by former Edwards aide Andrew Young, who says he facilitated the affair between Edwards and Rielle Hunter.
The newspaper reports Young wrote that Edwards told Hunter they would marry after Edwards' wife died. His wife, Elizabeth, has cancer.
Edwards has denied he fathered the child. He has acknowledged that federal investigators are looking into his campaign funds.
Lawyers for Young and Hunter did not immediately return messages left Saturday. A spokeswoman for Edwards did not comment.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i2U8VKE_8nwXqaNK23AkxVqnSPsQD9AQJVBO1
Another democrat sex scandal finally coming to an end. Edwards admitted to the affair, just not fathering the child, and then only after the National Enquirer reported it. Now it looks like he finally is going to admit the kid is his.
I did not have sexual relations with that woman!!! Oh wait, that was Bill Clinton.
