Tactical Progressive
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Thu Jun-24-04 12:25 PM
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in the Senate.
Seriously. Regaining the Senate is important. We're already losing Kerry assuming he wins. We don't need to take two Dem Senators out of play.
On a more lighthearted note, this is a response to 'what a good Secretary of Defense or Secretary of State' Wes Clark would make. Yes, we know. Edwards would similarly make a good Senator, don't you think? He has all the qualifications too, like he already is one.
Edwards would do great in a leadership role in the Senate when we retake it. He'd be on TV all the time using his skills to sell a better America, far more than he would as VP, if his common-folk persuasiveness is an important factor for you. He's a young guy too, who has plenty of time to get on another Presidential ticket. Maybe Hillary's VP.
Wesley Clark is the man for Kerry Vice-President.
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Thu Jun-24-04 12:28 PM
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1. Edwards isn't running for Senate anyway |
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He's already lost for the 109th Congress...
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Tactical Progressive
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Thu Jun-24-04 12:31 PM
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2. Do you mean if Kerry picked someone tomorrow |
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Edwards wouldn't run for another Senate term? I hadn't heard that.
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Nicholas D Wolfwood
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Thu Jun-24-04 12:32 PM
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3. No, he's already not running for another term |
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It's been that way since he started running for President. I guess it's one or the other in NC.
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Tactical Progressive
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Thu Jun-24-04 12:35 PM
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5. But if he's not on the ticket |
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he's not running for President.
I understand this is different than Lieberman, who held his seat until he wasn't elected, but Edwards really isn't running for anything right now.
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Thu Jun-24-04 12:40 PM
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He could have run for re-election to the senate, even while running for another office. He's chosen not to. Not to worry though. NC will send dem Erskin Bowles to the senate in his stead.
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Thu Jun-24-04 12:34 PM
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4. Where have you been? Bowles is running for Senate in NC for months. |
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Do you have any other opinions about politics you'd like to share? Should Ford should pardon Nixon? Should JFK pick Johnson for VP?
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Thu Jun-24-04 12:37 PM
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Erskine Bowles, who lost to Liddy. Yes I'd heard that, but I didn't think that meant Edwards couldn't run to hold his seat if he wasn't on a Presidential ticket.
If he can't, legally due to his primary involvement, that's one thing. But if he can, would you really want Erskine over Edwards?
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Thu Jun-24-04 12:43 PM
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8. The dynamics of the senate race are very different this time |
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Edited on Thu Jun-24-04 12:43 PM by HFishbine
Last time around, the race was for Jesee Helms' seat -- the republican had an advantage. This time Bowles is running for Edwards' seat and he's running against a weak republican candidate who doesn't have nearly the name-recognition nor stature of Liddy Dole.
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Thu Jun-24-04 12:44 PM
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9. I want Edwards where he can make biggest difference, kicking fascists back |
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Bowles will hold Dem line in Senate. Edwards can have a bigger influence higher up.
That's how I feel.
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