1115.org gives us an excerpt from John Edwards' announcement that he's running for president. Powerful stuff.

It's no secret that I've been behind John Edwards from the start, and even more so after I actually got to see him speak a few months ago, but I was afraid that he was too good a guy to run again, particularly after all the good work he's been able to accomplish with the Poverty Center at the University of North Carolina. The man would make a tremendous president, no doubt. No doubt at all. And so, for the first time in my life, I'm sacking up and contributing to a political campaign. And I'd hope you'll do the same.