Whew! Democrats will dodge the John Edwards bullet in Denver. Confirmation that he won't be in attendance.

The Washington Post reports that despite earlier reports of his desire to participate in certain events in Denver, Edwards will not be in Denver next week.

(Gary Hart, whose presidential hopes were ruined amid the discovery of his dalliance with Donna Rice, was greeted with the above button when he re-entered the race in 1988. From the Political Junkie.)