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Genevieve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 05:53 PM
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I do believe Edwards is the VP pick --
Listening to his endorsement speech right now makes me feel pretty sure of it.
I didn't think so before, but I do feel it now.
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 05:53 PM
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1. I don't think he wants it.
nt
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Neshanic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 05:54 PM
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3. He does not want it. That's cute.
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 05:55 PM
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7. WTF? He's been there and done that.

Why would he want to do it again? He'd be a great pick for AG or the Supreme Court, though. More powerful in either of those 2 places too.
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enid602 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 06:01 PM
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26. DOJ?
He'd be wicked on the Court, but I think the immediate need is in DOJ; it's so unbelievablys crewed up over there.
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RoyGBiv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 06:29 PM
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35. Agreed ...

I want him as AG.

I've become more and more ambivalent about who the Presidential contender is. I just want Edwards as AG.
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Genevieve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 05:55 PM
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5. I didn't think so either,
but his speech is making me feel he does.
I'm probably wrong.
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backscatter712 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 05:55 PM
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8. He's likely to get a Cabinet position. Attorney General Edwards?
He would be a great AG, don't you agree?
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 05:56 PM
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14. I couldn't imagine a better AG than him.
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ORDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 06:27 PM
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34. Ditto.
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 05:56 PM
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15. or put him on the US Supreme Court.
He would be effective for years and years to come there.
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backscatter712 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 06:02 PM
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28. Nice. Someone to counter Roberts, Alito, Thomas and Scalia!
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elocs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 05:56 PM
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Why would he want it? Been there/done that.
Obama really needs a governor--somebody with real administrative experience in running a state, or somebody with some serious national security credentials.
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DemVet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 07:35 PM
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37. Yeah, he's already lost once.
He'll just lose again with Obama.
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 07:46 PM
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38. Kerry lost it. Pay attention.
nt
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 05:54 PM
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2. I might have to agree with you
He could def help flip some southern states blue
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PBS Poll-435 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 05:56 PM
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11. Like last time?
:eyes:
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elizm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 05:54 PM
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4. It would be an awesome pick! nt
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 05:55 PM
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6. I don't know, I didn't think he'd take it
But he seems to be using "Our, we, us" quite a bit.
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Genevieve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 05:56 PM
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17. "I didn't think he'd take it"
But: "Our, we, us"

That's what got me.
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 05:55 PM
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9. Same was said during the Richardson love-fest.
and I wouldn't mind either of 'em.
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 05:56 PM
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10. Works for me!
Granted, that doesn't mean much to the world.
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krawhitham Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 05:56 PM
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12. He did not help the ticket the last time
He could not even help win his own home state
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Rob Gregory Browne Donating Member (333 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 05:58 PM
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23. Why do we always forget that the last two elections were stolen? nt
Edited on Wed May-14-08 05:59 PM by Rob Gregory Browne
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krawhitham Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 06:04 PM
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30. They lost North Carolina by 10 points
Edited on Wed May-14-08 06:05 PM by krawhitham
Ohio might have been stolen but North Carolina was not.

The man could not even help to bring in his home state for the Dems
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 06:11 PM
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33. He won as Senator in a 'red state' and who else has done that
Hillary? Kerry? Obama?

Nope.
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marions ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 07:26 PM
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36. Beg to differ
:wtf: :argh: :argh: :argh: :argh: :argh: :argh: :argh: :wtf:

North Carolina 2004 election was a mess, third to CA & FL. A lot of work has been done to put through reforms since then.

I'm not saying 04 NC elections could have turned the state blue, but by all indicators it should have been much closer. A lot of people on the ground do think NC was heavily compromised.
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K Gardner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 05:56 PM
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13. It does sound that way, doesn't it? He's obviously planning on being VERY involved.
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 05:56 PM
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16. Noooooooooo....
AG would be better. Put him to work bringing the criminals to justice. Under ordinary circumstances (Cheney excluded) VP is a ceremonial post. Edwards could be far more effective in a position that actually does something.
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 05:57 PM
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20. Exactly.
nt
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iamthebandfanman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 05:57 PM
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18. i wouldnt be suprised if they create a new office for him
something dealing with poverty...

wouldnt shock me at all, and i definitely wouldnt be mad about it ;)

he deserves to have some role in this and deserves to get to work on his main cause.
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anonymous171 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 05:57 PM
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19. Edwards talks about the Economic walls that seperate us. Obama, the political partisan walls
I can see that happening.
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last1standing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 05:58 PM
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21. I hope not.
I'd love to see Edwards as president but VP doesn't suit him after 2004. He's grown in that time and he is more a leader now than a second fiddle. I'd like to see him as Attorney General, a position with a lot of autonomy, so he can really show his abilities.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 05:58 PM
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22. there is absolutely; no way Obama would choose him.
A less than one term Senator does not pick a one term Senator, and failed vp nom from the past cycle. Obama knows he needs someone with a ton of experience. But I can see Edwards as Poverty Czar, AG or Solicitor General.
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Genevieve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 05:59 PM
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24. You're probably right. eom
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 05:59 PM
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Edwards wouldn't take it anyway.
Edited on Wed May-14-08 06:00 PM by Lex
He'd be more effective in other, less ceremonial, positions.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 06:03 PM
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29. Agreed. He's been through that before.
I think he'd be a very good Solicitor General.
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 06:01 PM
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27. I think he needs a governor or somebody else
with administrative/executive experience to balance the ticket. It's so very unusual to have had so many legislative types in these primaries. A strong female governor would be ideal, and might assuage some of the angst of Hillary's feminist supporters.
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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 05:59 PM
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25. I still don't get it, but OK. nt
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Lerrad Donating Member (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 06:06 PM
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32. I have always thought so....
... why else would he wait this late in the game to endorse Obama?
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