Elizabeth Edwards, the high-profile wife of former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards, died of cancer at 61 in her home in North Carolina on Tuesday, US media reported.
On Monday, Ms Edwards said she had stopped cancer treatment after doctors informed her that any further therapy would be useless.
Edwards, who separated from her husband after news that the former senator fathered a child with another woman, has been battling cancer since 2004, when he was John Kerry's running mate on the defeated Democratic ticket.
Media in her home state of North Carolina said that Edwards's family had gathered around her in her final hours, including her husband, who moved back to help care for her and their two young children.
"The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered," Mr Edwards said on her Facebook page Monday.
"We know that. And, yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human."
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The Senate has voted unanimously to convict U.S. District Judge G. Thomas Porteous of Louisiana on the first of four impeachment charges, removing him from the federal bench.
The decision makes Porteous just the eighth federal judge in U.S. history to be impeached and convicted by Congress.
The Senate is still voting on three additional articles of impeachment approved by the House earlier this year.
House prosecutors say the 63-year-old judge had a gambling problem and began accepting cash and other favors from people with business before his court. He also was accused of lying to Congress and filing for bankruptcy under a false name.
Porteous' attorneys argued that his behavior, while troubling, didn't merit impeachment. Didn't merit impeachment!?!? Hell, it merits at least that, if not a long stay in prison!
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House prosecutors say the 63-year-old judge had a gambling problem and began accepting cash and other favors from people with business before his court. He also was accused of lying to Congress and filing for bankruptcy under a false name.
Actually, that qualifies him to run for Congress in two years. Just ask former Judge Alcee Hastings, now Congressman Hastings.
Fox has learned that Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Jim McDermott (D-WA) and Jay Inslee (D-WA) are crafting a letter to share with the House Democratic Caucus that would try to prevent the Speaker from bringing the tax bill to the floor.
They hope to get 60 signatures on their letter (which is still being drafted) and then force a vote in the caucus. DeFazio says he thinks that if a majority of House Democrats are against this compromise, they shouldn't bring it to the floor.
In other words, they are seeking a majority of the majority to move this and a senior House democratic source indicates they don't know if they have a majority of democrats, saying they haven't whipped this yet.
In an interview with Fox, DeFazio criticizes the president and says a majority of the House Democratic Caucus does not support the tax rate compromise. "There does not seem to be a majority of the Democrats who support the deal negotiated by Vice President Biden," DeFazio said. "So we want to have a record vote in the caucus on a resolution that says this resolution should not go to the floor without a majority of Democratic votes." I smell desperation. Also, if the dhimocrats got hammered on this just a month ago, doubling down on FAIL really doesn't seem all that bright.
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Why not just quit fiddling around and scorch earth the economy as a Christmas present for everyone? One last great act of defiance to America from the Donks redistributionists.
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Had the pleasure to hear weiner's tirade - good job Noo Yawk - could not think of a better poster child for liberalism. No, please don't give hime a timeslot, especially not two of 'em.
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The Senate has voted unanimously to convict U.S. District Judge G. Thomas Porteous of Louisiana on the first of four impeachment charges, removing him from the federal bench.
Fox has learned that Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Jim McDermott (D-WA) and Jay Inslee (D-WA) are crafting a letter to share with the House Democratic Caucus that would try to prevent the Speaker from bringing the tax bill to the floor.
