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Presidential hopeful John Edwards was a successful malpractice lawyer.

Warner’s withdrawal does open up opportunities for other contenders fishing in the same pool, such as Indiana Senator Evan Bayh, and John Edwards, John Kerry’s running mate in 2004. The intelligent, low-key Bayh has yet to get much traction, but Edwards’ economic populism and relative moderation on cultural and foreign policy issues make him a strong contender in early caucus and primary states such as Iowa (where he surprised many with a second-place showing last time), Nevada (which has moved its primary up and where organized labour, a group with which Edwards is popular, is the dominant presence in Democratic politics) and his native North Carolina. Moreover, trial lawyers, while anathema in upscale Republican circles, are heroes in much of the south, where class action law suits are often seen as the “little guy”’s only option in getting his due. Edwards’ fellow trial lawyers also provide him with a ready-made donor base, one that helped him in 2004 and could do so again.

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