==By Christi Parsons
Tribune national correspondent
Published July 18, 2007
MARKS, Miss. — As former Sen. John Edwards was touring this Mississippi Delta town the other day, a woman mistook him for a member of the Kennedy clan.
A little while later, the local mayor referred to the Democratic presidential candidate as "Sen. Kennedy" while presenting him a key to the city. Even a man giving Edwards a tour of his neighborhood kept pointing out a certain resemblance.
"The last person who came here seeking national office," the man told Edwards solemnly, "was Bobby Kennedy."==
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A parallelStill, for some, including close associates of Kennedy, the parallel seems apt. Some of them applaud Edwards for emphasizing poverty at a time when it might not seem like a winning issue.
"I do see parallels to Bobby Kennedy, because of their focus on the most serious problem in America," said Frank Mankiewicz, Kennedy's press secretary and a companion on some of the poverty-focused trips.==
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