See, part of the problem that Edwards has is that he can’t, say, write up a bill and throw it to the floor of the Senate anymore in a transparent and nearly laughable attempt to shore up his credibility on certain issues. Like Poverty, you know, like Hillary Clinton can.

This is not your father’s Clinton Campaign.

From CNN:

Just one day after a challenge from presidential rival John Edwards to commit to raising the minimum wage to $9.50 an hour, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton announced that she had already introduced legislation to do just that.

See? It took her a whole day to get that out of the way before she could announce it, otherwise, why not just answer the challenge when it happened?

“With stagnant wages and skyrocketing costs for healthcare, energy and college, working families in America need a break. That is why yesterday I introduced legislation to raise the minimum wage to $9.50 by 2011, and link the minimum wage to Congressional pay raises after that,” said Clinton in a Thursday statement. The senator said the measure was “the first bill ever to call for a $9.50 minimum wage.”

In her statement, Clinton said the new legislation had been introduced Wednesday, although her campaign did not release that information until late Thursday.

Riiiiiiight.

“She said something about ‘People are talking about poverty, but, you know, what are we going to do about it?’” characterizing the remarks as a “veiled reference” to him. “Let me just be clear,” said Edwards. “Ending poverty in this country is the cause of my life, and I am completely committed to it.”

You know, I have to put the point to Edwards here.  It’s called a “track record”. I mean, hey, the guy ended his own poverty, right? So, I give him the advantage on the issue.