Edwards puts zing in DFL convention

DULUTH: Edwards puts zing in DFL convention

BY BILL SALISBURY
Pioneer Press


If Democratic Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina was auditioning for his party's vice presidential nomination in Duluth Saturday, he wowed the Minnesota judges.

Delegates to the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party state convention mobbed Edwards after he gave the keynote address at the request of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry.

Edwards is "one of the top two or three candidates" to become Kerry's running mate, state DFL Chairman Mike Erlandson said. Although Edwards has conceded the presidential race to Kerry, he showed he still can excite a crowd.

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Edwards praised Kerry as a strong candidate who represents the "politics of hope, the politics of what's possible." He said President Bush is responsible for the loss of lives and "mess" in Iraq, and criticized the president's policies for creating "two different Americas — one for the wealthy, and one for everyone else."

He generated his biggest ovations from the 2,700 delegates when he talked about two issues that many politicians avoid — poverty and race. Some 35 million Americans are poor, and the nation should stop ignoring them "because it's wrong, and we have a moral responsibility to do something about it," Edwards said.

The county still is too divided by race, he said, and "we should talk about it everywhere," not just in communities of color.

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Go Edwards, we wants you in the next administration!

I have met him and he is magnetic.

than any other candidate who ran for president in 2004 with the exception of Dick Gephardt. If Kerry wants experience he will go with Gep. If he wants someone who is a contrast with him in personality and star quality he will go with Edwards.

but then again, maybe not.

Hmmm.....