From The Road
January 11, 2008 2:14 PM

Edwards Says He Has "Plenty of Money"

By
Aaron Lewis
Topics
John Edwards
(CBS)
From CBS News' Aaron Lewis:

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. -- John Edwards continued his light schedule in South Carolina today with a stop in Summerville. The crowd of less than a hundred listened to Edwards make his pitch for strengthening the middle class in addition to other domestic issues like tax policy and education.

During the Q and A session a veteran of the War in Iraq asked Edwards how he would responsibly with draw troops from the country. Before answering the question, Edwards thanked him for his service, and the audience gave a rousing standing ovation.

In response to the one and only question at his press conference, Edwards said he has plenty of money to continue competing against Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

"We have plenty of money to run a serious campaign," said Edwards. "And I think more important than that, I don't think voters are going to be controlled by money. We're gonna have an election, not an auction. And they're gonna actually focus on what it is we stand for, what we're fighting for, and I feel very optimistic about what'll happen."

Also today, the campaign began running a new TV spot in SC titled "Mill."

"I'm not running president because I read something in a book," Edwards says in the ad. "I'm not running for president because some political consultant told me what I'm supposed to say. I'm running for president because of 54 years of my life, I have believed to my soul that the men and women who worked in that mill with my father were worth every bit as much as the man that owned that mill."

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