Risk and Reward

The idea that John Edwards' 2008-vintage lefty political persona "carries risks" strikes me as pretty odd. To be sure, the stands he's taken carry some level of risk in a general election, but to run in a general election you need win a primary first. And in primary terms, Edwards' move to the left has been all upside -- it was and is the only strategy by which he could possibly win.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/05/risk-and-reward/42314/