Elizabeth Edwards, interviewed by Maryam Scoble at ConvergeSouth, talks about using the web for politics, and the different communities that supported her when she needed it most: "People think that people in the public eye somehow have some special strength that they don't have...I don't think we have vulnerable models, people who are in public life don't want to show that they're vulnerable...I got knocked down by my son's death, or by breast cancer, or by other things that I had to face, and here's how I stood up: people handed me crutches."