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Edwards And Poverty

Tuesday, June 12 2007 by

John Edwards may be running third in the polls in the race for the Democratic nomination for president, but his campaign has accomplished one thing: raising awareness of the problems afflicting the country's poorest citizens. But is poverty a winning campaign issue? Host Frank Stasio looks at the Edwards campaign and the questions it is raising with: Rob Christensen, political reporter and columnist with the News and Observer of Raleigh; and Kerry Haynie, associate professor or political science at Duke University. Listener Call-In.