Sneak Peek: Woman Enough To Be President?

July 17, 2007— -- In a set of comments destined for Wednesday morning television, Elizabeth Edwards has mixed it up (once again) with Hillary Clinton.

"Look, I'm sympathetic," Elizabeth Edwards said of Hillary Clinton to Salon, "because when I worked as a lawyer, I was the only woman in these rooms, too, and you want to reassure them you're as good as a man. And sometimes you feel you have to behave as a man and not talk about women's issues." LINK

Elizabeth is not the only member of the Edwards family with a head-turning interview.

"I think the President and the Vice President have engaged in illegal behavior," Edwards tells The Rachel Maddow Show in a pre-taped interview set to air Tuesday at 6:00 pm ET. "And there are multiple examples; just one is the fact that they have illegally spied on the American people in blatant disregard for the law. So, do I think they have engaged in illegal behavior? I do . . ."

Despite his belief that Bush and Cheney have engaged in "multiple" forms of "illegal behavior," Edwards does not favor impeachment.

He prefers to focus on "universal healthcare and winning the next election."

Edwards' poverty tour heads to Wise, Va., Wednesday before heading to Kentucky for a forum in Whitesburg and a speech in Prestonburg. To end his day, the former senator joins his wife for a 7:00 pm ET concert starring bluegrass musician Ralph Stanley in Roanoke, VA.

Not ceding an inch to Edwards on the plight of the poor, Barack Obama delivers 10:00 am ET remarks Wednesday at THEARC in Washington, DC on "Changing the Odds for Urban America".

"You know what we need to do," Obama said Tuesday in a preview of his Wednesday remarks. "We need to provide families with the support they need to raise their children. We need to invest in job training. We need to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit, we need to raise the minimum wage, and make it a living wage. We also need to create more affordable housing in this country. . . As president I'll create a housing trust fund that will create over 100,000 new units of affordable housing, and Ill do more to protect home owners from predatory practices that have led to record foreclosure rates all across the nation and here in Washington, D.C."