Democratic columnist D.G. Martin — who lost the 1998 N.C. Democratic Senate primary to John Edwards — wonders in this column whether Edwards can follow in Newt Gingrich’s footsteps.
If Edwards does walk away from his legal troubles, could he, with the passage of time, say 10 years from now, bring his gifts of persuasion and charisma back into the political arena and have some of those who have written him off today declare him to be the new Newt Gingrich?
