Reply #12: There is an energy in John and Elizabeth Edwards -- [View All]

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-- that is not in George W. and Laura Bush: the Edwardses are intelligent and humane.

I see this article on John Edwards in Topeka and I remember that he almost won the Iowa caucus last time. Kerry's organization was very strong and had more cash, but Edwards rose to a respectable second-place finish on the fumes of his personable energy. Some DUers and many pundits thought Edwards might even win the Iowa caucuses.

Demographically, he and Bayh are going to be very tough for Hillary Clinton to beat. I say they whip her in Iowa and a week later in New Hampshire. As soon as the Iowa caucus results roll in, it's going to be Edwards and Bayh within a point or two of each other for first and second, then a very respectable third by Russell Feingold, and -- if she's lucky -- Hillary Clinton fourth with 14% of the vote, tops.

Gephardt, a neighbor, placed 4th behind 2 New Englanders and a Carolinian last time, and that's more or less the last anybody ever heard of Dick Gephardt.