Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna August 2008, vakuru vakuru muDemocratic Party vakanyevera kuti kukundikana kwaEdwards kupindura kupomerwa kwaigona kukanganisa basa rake pa2008 Democratic National Convention
. Maererano naDonald Fowler, aichimbova sachigaro weDemocratic National Committee, "Kana pasina tsananguro inogutsa, inogamuchirika uye inosangana nemitemo yakakwirira yetsika, mhinduro ndeyokuti 'kwete,' [Edwards] haangavi mukwikwidzi mukuru kuti ataure hurukuro huru yekokorodzano". Gary Pearce, uyo akamhanya nhangemutange yaEdwards yeSeneti ya1998, akati, "Chinhu chinokuvadza zvikuru.... Kana zvisiri zvechokwadi, [Edwards] anofanira kusimuka oti, 'Izvi hazvisi zvechokwadi. Uyu haasi mwana wangu uye ndichatora matanho epamutemo ndichipesana nevanhu vari kuparadzira nhema idzi.' Hazvina kukwana kutaura kuti, 'Ndizvo zvinotaurwa nemapepanhau. Kubvuma kwaEdwards kuti akanga achidanana nomumwe munhu kwakasvika isingasviki zuva rimwe pashure pokunge nyevero idzi dzabudiswa.