An Excerpt From John Heilemann and Mark Halperin's 'Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime' One early evening in February 2006, John Edwards, the former North Carolina senator then gearing up to launch his second presidential campaign, was hanging out in the bar of the Regency Hotel on Park Avenue with one of his donors and his young traveling aide, Josh Brumberger. A woman sitting at a nearby table with some friends walked over and introduced herself. “My friends insist you’re John Edwards,” Rielle Hunter said. “I tell them no way—you’re way too handsome.” “No, ma’am. “No way! Brumberger saw this kind of thing all the time.
“He is John Edwards,” Brumberger interjected, “and I’m sorry, but we’re in the middle of something. “Oh, I’m sorry,” Hunter said, and retreated to her table. Brumberger thought that she was trouble from the get-go. After Hunter left, Brumberger sat there chuckling, having another glass of wine with one of his colleagues from Team Edwards. “Thank you,” Edwards said, apparently relieved. Clinton's Role in Sestak Controversy Stirs Questions About His and White House Motives. Former President Bill Clinton acknowledges applause after being awarded the Sons of Italy Foundation's 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award for Public Service during the groups annual national education and leadership awards gala in Washington, Wednesday, May 26, 2010. (AP) Like an aging sports star who can't stay away from the game, Bill Clinton's direct role in the firestorm over President Obama's job offer to a lawmaker for a political favor has raised questions about whether the former president was used and abused by a cynical administration or whether he took advantage of the White House to burnish his legacy.
At the behest of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Clinton tried last summer to persuade Pennsylvania Rep. Joe Sestak to abandon his primary challenge to Sen. But in perhaps a sign of Clinton's fading influence, Sestak turned the offer down and whipped Specter in the primary last week. Others didn't see anything wrong with Clinton's actions.
Game Change: Book detailing 'affairs' of John Edwards and Bill Clinton sends shock waves through Washington. By David Gardner Updated: 11:22 GMT, 12 January 2010 The terminally ill wife of former US presidential hopeful John Edwards tore off her blouse and exposed herself in an airport car park after she learned of his affair, according to a new book. Breast cancer victim Elizabeth Edwards staggered in shock and almost fell to the ground as she wailed at her husband: 'Look at me! ' The dramatic episode - part of an insider's account of the sex scandal that wrecked Mr Edwards' White House dream - is alleged in Game Change, a new tell-all book on the 2008 presidential race that is published today. Senator John Edwards and his wife Elizabeth: An insider's account of the sex scandal that wrecked Mr Edwards' White House dream is detailed in a new book The book boasts a series of sensational allegations that were sending shock waves through Washington last night.
Mr Edwards admitted having an affair with Rielle Hunter last year. The senator is reportedly the father of her child. I'm Not a Racist...I'm a Democrat.