'Hardball' not so hard for John Edwards

Edwards seemed to have little trouble fielding questions, ranging from the war in Iraq to his relative lack of foreign policy experience to his political ties to organized labor, before a live UNC-Chapel Hill crowd and a national TV audience.

"This is not hardball, this is batting practice," Matthews complained to the audience during a commercial break. "This guy is killing me. He couldn't do this four years ago."

Matthews also couldn't make Edwards, the former senator and vice presidential candidate, tip his hand on whether he plans to run for president in 2008, although it is one of the worst-kept secrets that Edwards is preparing to launch his second try for the White House sometime during the next several weeks.

Edwards Offers Progressive Agenda

Associated Press

Sat Dec 16

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