Democratic White House hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) staked a claim Wednesday to rival Sen. John Edwards' (D-N.C.) signature issue -- poverty -- while raising the question of who could claim the legacy of Bobby Kennedy.
Obama didn't mention Edwards by name during his speech, delivered at a facility here providing a variety of programs -- cultural, social and health -- to the "underserved" in the nation's capital.
"This kind of poverty is not an issue I just discovered for the purposes of a campaign. It is the cause that led me to a life of public service almost 25 years ago,'' said Obama, a former Chicago community organizer.
At the top of Obama's speech--detailing a $6 billion plan to combat urban poverty -- Obama invoked the name of another charismatic political figure, Bobby Kennedy, to whom he has been compared.
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