John Edwards
Mitt Romney

Two Candidates, Two Fortunes, Two Distinct Views of Wealth

John Edwards and Mitt Romney are basing their candidacies in large measure on the very different lessons each has taken from his own success.

For Romney, a Course Set Long Ago

Mitt Romney said he felt as if his campaign to become the Republican presidential nominee was, in a sense, an extension of his father’s unsuccessful bid in 1968.

Romney, Searching and Earnest, Set His Path in ’60s

A six-year immersion in the Mormon Church, including a mission in France, set the conservative course Mitt Romney would follow as a businessman and politician.

In Olympics Success, Romney Found New Edge

A pragmatism that allowed Mitt Romney to run the 2002 Winter Games now haunts him.