Tardy Edwards keeps supporters waiting in heat

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"When Edwards finally appeared, he apologized for the delay. He said it was caused by a minor ailment his wife suffered at their Des Moines hotel. “Elizabeth ate something for breakfast this morning that didn’t agree with her,” he said. He later told reporters that it had nothing to do with the fact that his wife is taking chemotherapy medicine for cancer.

Edwards spoke to the crowd for less than eight minutes, stressing that he needs Iowans’ support. “We are the party of the people, and we are not the party of the political insiders,” he said.

As he stepped off the hay-bale bedecked stage, the loudspeakers blared the Willie Nelson song “On the Road Again.” The campaign’s blue tour bus roared to life, and aides announced that the candidate was canceling his next scheduled appearance, at the State Fair, so he could try to get back on schedule."

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