Edwards sees opportunity in Clinton-Obama spat (CNN)

[helderheid]

Edwards sees opportunity in Clinton-Obama spat

# Story Highlights
# John Edwards tied with Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in Iowa
# Clinton, Obama have been attacking each other's judgment and character daily
# Edwards toning down criticism, believing Iowans will be turned off by attacks

From Candy Crowley
CNN Washington Bureau
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DES MOINES, Iowa (CNN) -- With Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama increasingly sniping at each other, Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards sees an opening in Iowa.

Edwards, Clinton and Obama are in a statistical dead heat in the Hawkeye state, according to the latest polls, and, with a little less than one month left until the Iowa caucuses on January 3, Clinton and Obama are trading almost-daily attacks on each others character and judgment.

Edwards, wedged between two history making marquee names with multi-million dollar war chests, often gets lost in the conversation.

The former senator from North Carolina doesn't seem to mind at all, in part because he sees an opening in the free fire range between Clinton and Obama.

"I lived through this before. I know how this works," Edwards, who finished second in Iowa in 2004, told CNN. "I am actually having fun. I am having a good time. I feel very confident and very sure footed."

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[bryant69]

1. I like Edwards a lot

Of course when any candidate complains about the sniping it's kind of humorous.

Bryant
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