Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te marama o Akuhata 2008, i whakatupatohia e nga rangatira o te Rōpū Manapori ko te kore o Edwards ki te whakautu ki nga whakapae ka pa ki tana mahi i te
Ko te Huihuinga ā-Motu ā-Rōpū 2008. E ai ki a Donald Fowler, te tumuaki o mua o te Democratic National Committee, "Mehemea kaore he whakamarama e pai ana, e manakohia ana, e tutuki ana i nga paerewa morare tiketike, ko te whakautu ko 'kaore,' [Edwards] kaore i te kaitono nui ki te korero nui ki te huihuinga". Ko Gary Pearce, nana nei i whakahaere te whakataetae Senate 1998 a Edwards, i kii, "He mea tino kino tenei.... Ki te kore e pono, me whakatika ake [Edwards] ka mea, 'Kāore e pono. Ehara tēnei i taku tamaiti, ā, ka whai au i ngā mahi ā-ture ki te hunga e horapa ana i ēnei teka.' Ehara i te mea nui kia ki atu, 'He pakiwaitara horihori tēnei. Ko te whakaaetanga a Edwards e whai ana ia i tetahi mahi i iti iho i te ra i muri i te whakaputanga o enei whakatupato.