Fresh off his Poverty Tour, John Edwards resumes his Populist Tour.

Special Interests
At a house party in Nashua, NH, John Edwards beats the drum against “powerful interests” in Washington, DC.

Sound Bite: “The entire system is rigged and it’s rigged against you. There should be no doubt about that.”

Capital Gains Tax
Rich people don’t pay their “fair share” says John Edwards, so he proposes raising the capital gains tax from 15% to 28% for those making over $250,000 a year.

Sound Bite: “Right now, the middle class is carrying the tax burden in this country.”

Affirmative Action
Edwards lays out his positions on affirmative action and education at the Urban League Democratic Candidates Forum in St. Louis on July 27.

Sound Bite: “We ought to have students going both ways — both from the inner city to suburban schools and back the other way.”