The Breck girl of American politics fell short as a #2 in 2004. This election, his southern charm and old-style populist politics again failed to carry him all the way to the country's top spot. But will he repeat his VP run with Barack or Hillary?http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorWed, 03 Dec 2008 22:54:09 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/39012/mccain-pulls-out-of-michigan.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe McCain campaign is giving up on Michigan, the Detroit News reports. The Republican is pulling all ads, mail, and staff there to focus on more competitive states, a move that points to the difficulty the GOP faces in winning blue states. Michigan—which holds 17 electoral votes—was seen as a key battleground for McCain, but polls showed him slipping further and further behind.http://www.newser.com/story/39012/mccain-pulls-out-of-michigan.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 02 Oct 2008 16:14:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37784/toughest-hurdle-is-trust-edwards.html?refid=rss_all_defaultElizabeth Edwards is reentering the public eye with her attention fixed firmly on her three children and her health care advocacy, the Detroit Free Press reports, but can’t avoid questions about husband John’s extramarital affair. “There's a lot of adjustment to make,” she said in her first extended interview since the former Democratic candidate admitted the affair 5 weeks ago. “When you mention trust, that's probably the most difficult hurdle.”http://www.newser.com/story/37784/toughest-hurdle-is-trust-edwards.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 18 Sep 2008 12:39:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36226/edwards-plans-first-return-to-public-stage.html?refid=rss_all_defaultJohn Edwards will emerge from his month-long seclusion to speak in New York next week, the AP reports. Edwards has not appeared publicly since he admitted his affair with videographer Rielle Hunter. His wife, Elizabeth, will not join him as scheduled at the September 8th speech at Hofstra University. Watchers were wary: “I don't think the dust has settled sufficiently,” said a political science professor at Duke.http://www.newser.com/story/36226/edwards-plans-first-return-to-public-stage.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSat, 30 Aug 2008 12:43:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35816/dems-shun-elizabeth-on-affair-cover-up.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAs the Democratic stars are shining over Denver, Elizabeth Edwards barely glimmers in seclusion in North Carolina, reports the AP. Cancer-stricken Edwards was expected to lead the convention charge toward health care reform, but sympathy is running short for her by Dems who believe that her failure to lift the lid on the couple's explosive secret could have seriously damaged the party.http://www.newser.com/story/35816/dems-shun-elizabeth-on-affair-cover-up.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 26 Aug 2008 3:37:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35591/enquirer-editor-details-edwards-stakeouts.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe National Enquirer scored big this month by accusing John Edwards of an extramarital affair—but it worked hard for the news, the New Republic reports. The tabloid's reporters staked out Rielle Hunter for days and spent hours waiting for Edwards in a Los Angeles hotel. When the hopeful snuck in via a stairwell, a reporter leaped out and asked about his "love child."http://www.newser.com/story/35591/enquirer-editor-details-edwards-stakeouts.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 22 Aug 2008 19:04:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34957/lawyers-who-quashed-affair-rumors-had-edwards-ties.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTwo lawyers who acted seemingly independently in December to defuse rumors of John Edwards' affair had links to a key backer, the New York Times reports—lawyer Fred Baron, whose wife donated to Edwards' nearly defunct political action committee just as it paid Rielle Hunter $14,000 4 months after her contract ended. The cover-up, made by lawyers for Hunter and Andrew Young, the Edwards aide who claims to have fathered her child, suggests the affair may have gone on longer than the former candidate admits.http://www.newser.com/story/34957/lawyers-who-quashed-affair-rumors-had-edwards-ties.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 14 Aug 2008 23:44:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34869/elizabeth-edwards-anguish-lurks-behind-united-front.html?refid=rss_all_defaultBehind the staunch show of support in public, People reports that Elizabeth Edwards has struggled mightily since her husband began revealing in 2006 his affair with Rielle Hunter. Edwards didn't confess to the affair all at once but in "installments"—and though devastated, Elizabeth's terminal cancer factored powerfully into her decision to stick with her marriage.http://www.newser.com/story/34869/elizabeth-edwards-anguish-lurks-behind-united-front.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 13 Aug 2008 22:25:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34830/tab-claims-edwards-continued-affair.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe National Enquirer, having finally forced John Edwards to confess to the affair with Rielle Hunter that he had strenuously denied, isn't backing down on the parts of the story Edwards still swears aren't true. This week the supermarket tabloid insists that Edwards is indeed the father of Hunter's child—and that she became pregnant when the affair resumed, after Edwards confessed to his wife Elizabeth in 2006.http://www.newser.com/story/34830/tab-claims-edwards-continued-affair.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 13 Aug 2008 10:16:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34724/hes-99-honest-really.html?refid=rss_all_defaultEvery sex scandal has a defining sound bite, and John Edwards’ declaration that “being 99% honest is no longer enough,” is destined for the hall of fame, writes Ruth Marcus in the Washington Post. The thing about honesty is that last percentage is a killer. Given the size of Edwards’ “1%,” it’s pretty hard to imagine he’s reached the 100% promised land now.http://www.newser.com/story/34724/hes-99-honest-really.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 12 Aug 2008 8:53:17 CDT