John Edwards is dropping out of the presidential race today.On CNN, Jessica Yellin is reporting that Edwards phoned Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama yesterday to urge them to make fighting poverty, his signature issue, and important part of their campaigns. Edwards never had the kind of intense religious outreach operation of the Obama or Clinton…

John Edwards told a crowd in Iowa yesterday that Democratic candidates could win Christian voters if they’re genuine, The Des Monies Register reports: Committed Christians can be attracted to the Democratic side if the party’s presidential nominee projects an honest interest in tackling moral issues, candidate John Edwards said here Sunday. Edwards pointed specifically to…

John Edwards is the latest White House aspirant to appear on the Christian Broadcasting Network, prompting God-o-Meter to wonder if CBN has supplanted Air America as a popular venue for Democrats. Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Christian ministers supporting Hillary Clinton have all granted recent interviews to CBN’s David Brody. Nothing groundbreaking in Brody’s Edwards…

In a speech delivered today from St. Anselm’s College in New Hampshire, John Edwards laid into Hillary Clinton and claimed the moral high ground–literally. By refusing to decline corporate contributions like he has, Edwards said that Clinton as president would perpetuate the same culture of corruption that Democrats had been claiming was the special province…

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