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| Edwards Comes to Columbia |
| (Columbia-AP) -- Democratic presidential
candidate John Edwards was in Columbia on Tuesday speaking to a
classroom of law students and others at USC. The North Carolina senator's brief visit to Columbia is part of a short campaign tour in South Carolina. Edwards spoke on a wide range of issues, from health care to education. He called on President Bush to protect American textile jobs from unfair competition from China. Edwards sent a letter to Bush on Tuesday urging safeguards to prevent imports from China from disrupting the U.S textile and apparel market. First-year law student Tommy Hite, III said he hadn't planned to support Edwards before the speech. But after hearing him talk, the 22-year-old from Abbeville was ready to volunteer for his campaign. |