SUCH STRONG WORDS. Also on the Edwards beat, Robert Novak backs me up on the Democratic establishment's dislike for John Edwards. But I'm half-ready to believe the Edwards' campaign paid some party poo-bahs to give Novakula these quotes. Mark Siegel, for instance, goes on record complaining that "[Edwards] came to Washington as a 'New Democrat,' but he's not that kind of Democrat anymore. He's into class warfare." The horror! Is he also for awesome progressive policies and saner management of the executive branch? Dear God I hope not! --Ezra Klein