Edwards plans news conference after visiting doctor with his wife  —  Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards accompanied his wife, Elizabeth, who has been treated for breast cancer, on a doctor's visit Wednesday.  His campaign said they would hold a news conference in their hometown Thursday to discuss her health.

Edwards Plans Announcement With His Wife  —  John Edwards, the North Carolina Democrat making a second bid for the presidency, called a news conference for Thursday to discuss the future of his campaign, a day after he and his wife, Elizabeth, visited Mrs. Edwards's doctor to assess her recovery from a bout of breast cancer.

Edwards Sets Announcement On Campaign  —  Former senator John Edwards (D-N.C.) and his wife, Elizabeth, have scheduled a news conference for noon today in their home state of North Carolina, in what aides described as a major development in his 2008 presidential bid.

Phil de Vellis, aka ParkRidge47: I Made the "Vote Different" Ad  —  Hi.  I'm Phil.  I did it.  And I'm proud of it.  —  I made the "Vote Different" ad because I wanted to express my feelings about the Democratic primary, and because I wanted to show that an individual citizen can affect the process.

Our Statement On The 1984 Video  —  Statement from Thomas Gensemer, Managing Director, Blue State Digital  —  This afternoon, an employee at our firm, Phillip de Vellis, received a call from Arianna Huffington of "The Huffington Post" regarding the "1984" video currently circulating online.

About Cathy Seipp  —  On Monday, her daughter Maia sent the e-mail that Cathy Seipp's friends and readers have long been dreading.  Her mother was in the hospital, her lungs had collapsed, the doctors were trying to make her comfortable, she was passing peacefully.

Cathy Seipp, RIP  —  Since Cathy Seipp was the freelancers' patron saint of recycling useful personal anecdotes, I'll rehash the following, about how I first met one of L.A.'s most important and entertaining journalists, who finally died at age 49 this afternoon after beating the odds on lung cancer for more than five years.

Political Spectacle  —  THE WHITE HOUSE and congressional Democrats have drawn deep lines in the sand over who will testify, and how, as Congress investigates the dismissal of eight U.S. attorneys.  The stubbornness and overheated rhetoric on both sides threaten an unnecessary constitutional crisis …