Why Iowa Loves Edwards

Eric Pooley spent a lot of time on the campaign trail with John and Elizabeth Edwards trying to capture the essence of the candidate, his populist message and his Iowa-focused strategy for leapfrogging Clinton and Obama on his way to the nomination. Pooley's excellent piece appears in the new print issue of Time, and on-line here. It's also worth reading this separate piece breaking down Time's new Iowa poll, which shows Edwards with a lead of five and seven points over Clinton and Obama respectively.