Edwards: "Judge me on honesty."

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Filed 11/20/07

By, Beth Fouhy

GRINNELL, Iowa — Democrat John Edwards implored college students Tuesday to elect a trustworthy president, but sidestepped questions about whether rival Hillary Rodham Clinton was untrustworthy.

Edwards spoke at Grinnell College on the second day of a two-day swing through Iowa campuses with singers Bonnie Raitt and Jackson Browne. The college flared into the headlines last week after its student newspaper reported that a Grinnell student had been asked by the Clinton campaign aide to pose a question about global warming to the New York senator during a campaign visit earlier this month.

The Clinton campaign acknowledged planting the question, but said it had been a mistake.

Edwards told students that President Bush had "destroyed the trust relationship between Americans and the president" and asked potential caucus-goers to carefully size up the candidates running to replace him.

"Does this guy really believe what he's saying? Is he sincere? Does he have passion about it? Does he have integrity?" Edwards said. "You should judge me and judge every presidential candidate on who is honest and sincere. You have to be able to trust the next president."

For more,

http://www.statesman.com/shared-gen/content/shared-gen/ap/Presidential_Elections/Edwards_Iowa.html?cxntlid=inform


Edwards, talking with another supporter.