Sarah Jane Hise writes in the CGD Blog about presidential candidate John Edwards and his Global Poverty Proposal launched last week: "Restoring America's Moral Leadership by Fighting Worldwide Poverty"

Three cheers for John Edwards for being the first presidential candidate of the 2008 campaigns to put forth his proposal on global poverty.

Owen also blogs about it: 

It would be good news for development if this becomes an issue in the US Presidential elections.

We agree with both.