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As I wrote, it's a great subject to bring to the public attention. The poverty tour tracing the RFK route was recent however. That is what makes the comparison appear somewhat contrived. The OP was about the RFK comparison. RFK did not tout his credentials, he just did it. It just might have worked better if Edwards had been able to bring the poverty issue to the national attention before announcing his candidacy. Hopefully the issue will remain even after his candidacy is over, whether he wins or loses. It would be another blow to this issue if it is passed off as a political gimmick. The reason, I believe, most don't really address it in the same manner as Edwards is because we had a war on poverty that has been characterized as a failure and was likely one of the leading factors in the Reagan political success. The Clinton era was the surrender of the USA in the war on poverty.
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