Debunking the John Edwards/DLC myth

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==Despite a widespread perception to the contrary, Edwards never joined the Democratic Leadership Council, though the organization courted him heavily. "That was not the route he wanted to go," says Elizabeth. Indeed, all the way back in 2002, The New Yorker noted that "Edwards has chosen to present himself as a rollicking, full-throated, us-against-them populist."==

http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewPrint&articleId=12479

This is from a great article titled "Raising the Bar:
John Edwards is the most populist presidential candidate we've seen in many decades. But can this tribune for the poor champion the middle class as well?" by Ezra Klein.