Financial Profile Friday: John Edwards

For the next few Fridays, I’m going to focus on a single candidate’s finances — show you where the money is coming from and where it’s going. I’m planning to switch off political parties: I don’t want to pick on anyone too much, or give the impression that I’m being softer on one party than another.

Today, we’re going to take a quick look at John Edwards, the former senator from North Carolina. Edwards had a bit of a head start on fundraising for the 2008 primaries: many of his supporters from his 2004 team-up with Al Gore were still in …read more