Reply #23: Elizabeth Edwards!!! [View All]

She has been a true and equal partner to John in every sense of the word, "partner," and she has done so out of love and devotion to him, to their family, and to our country - not out of overweening ambition.

She has dealt with personal tragedy (e.g., the loss of Wade, her own battles with cancer), while still raising a remarkably well-adjusted group of kids.

Just watching Cate with her younger siblings, it is obvious that there is love and mutual respect in that family. Cate is smart, sharp as a whip, articulate, gracious, tough-minded, and just amazing.

Finally, I think the White House Residence conversations will advance a progressive agenda: for example, I think that President John Edwards will have at least two incredibly intelligent women pushing him in a firm, supportive fashion, toward fuller equality for the LGBT community, and I'd lay a wager that the word, "triangulate" will never be heard at their dining room table, or in their living room while they eat on TV trays.

- Dave