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December 31, 2007
Is Personal Tragedy Relevant?
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Is Personal Tragedy Relevant?
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Kate Zernike's profile in the New York Times today raises an uncomfortable but relevant question: There are at least two other people running for President who've suffered personal tragedies along the same lines as - and in the case of Joe Biden arguably worse than - John and Elizabeth Edwards. Yet those candidates rarely if ever make mention of these tragedies during the campaign and they certainly don't cite their ability to endure personal tragedy as some sort of qualification for the office of the Presidency of the United States.
So why do the Edwardses frequently do this and why is it relevant?