So 4 days later, are you comfortable with the Edwards pick?

[ShaneGR]

I certainly am. Please post your thoughts also.

[proud patriot]

1. Yes ! Deaniac here

:thumbsup:

[ShaneGR]

2. Secretary of Health & Human Services Howard Dean

Sound good to you? Does to me!

:puffpiece:

[Prodemsouth]

19. No! we need him to run the DNC.

Just look at his debate with Nader. We need Dean at the DNC NOW!

[ShaneGR]

22. Perhaps, but I think we need the good Dr. to save our Health Care system

He already saved our party. Without his efforts to turn around the direction of our debate we wouldn't be where we are now.

[Prodemsouth]

29. Friend. we have a lot more work to do - yes Dean introduced some spine

but much more is needed and he is the one for the job at the DNC.

[Khephra]

3. I'm getting there

I'm still not an Edwards fan, but it's hard to dislike him when the Right is pushing the stupid "Kerry and Edwards are gay" BS talking point.

[ShaneGR]

7. LOL

Haven't been paying attention to the news (Working hard getting ready for convention)... who's saying they're gay?

[Solly Mack]

9. I knew Edwards would send them into a tizzy.

And I do so enjoy watching them go "hither and dither"

That they are doing it to themselves makes it all the better.

[PurityOfEssence]

40. Just chew on this quote in your free time

"The only thing George Bush respects is wealth."

That's a line from his earliest stump speech: He called him a phoney, just walking around on that ranch of his with that big 'ol belt buckle.

Some people who are very polished, well-presented and self-controlled still have decency and straightforward honest inside of them.

He's also one tough guy, without needing to have people think of him as such.

Of the four on the tickets, he easily has the broadest appeal.

As I've said many times in the "stop calling us Southerners whatever" threads: it takes guts to be a populist or progressive or...(shudder) a liberal in the South; it shows more character than it does to be one around here.

He's for real.

Methodist too...

[Padraig18]

4. Former Deaniac here, and yes, quite comfortable!

I think he's gonna do just fine!

:thumbsup:

[bschoech]

5. Yep

I'm definitely comfortable with the pick, in fact I'm more comfortable now than I was four days ago. The only thing that irks me is the new Kerry-Edwards campaign logo. It looks sort of ... amateur. Maybe it's just me.

[newyawker99]

14. Hi bschoech!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[ShaneGR]

18. Welcome!

Enjoy your time here, good to have you.

[ThomWV]

6. Yes .... Clark supporter here.

Hell yes I support Edwards

[TheDebbieDee]

25. I'm another Clark fan................

But, I'm so glad that we've got Edwards.

We're gonna win!!!!!!!!!!!

[TOhioLiberal]

8. yes, Yes, YES!!!!!

take that Cheney/Bush*!!!

[VolcanoJen]

10. After reading that interview in the WP, I'm even MORE comfortable!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1966108

:D :D :D

[bushisanidiot]

11. Deaniac here. I LOVE the Kerry/Edwards Ticket!

we're goin' all the way, baby!

[Mojambo]

12. It would be difficult for me to be more ecstatic

The only better thing would be to have the ticket reversed.
But we're way beyond that. Go Kerry/Edwards.

[KittyWampus]

13. Other- I'm A Blank Slate. Waiting To See Edwards Live Up To The Hype

he's the VP nominee. And that's that.

[dee33]

15. Edwards gave Kerry the shot in the arm that he needed

They seem to be very compatible in a complementary way.

[Straight Shooter]

16. The Economist ran an article months ago, claims Rove fears Edwards

IMHO, Edwards has charisma, the "common touch," and though his mannerisms are a bit too practiced at times, it's nothing like the affectations of the Great Pretender.

Also, some of Edwards' positions bother me, he's a bit of a hawk, but that will at least ease the mind of many swing voters.

Kerry and Edwards together make bush and cheney look like schoolyard amateurs. The clinch will happen when Kerry announces he wants Elliott Spitzer as Attorney General (please, God, please).

In short :thumbsup:

But no one will ever replace the inimitable Howard Dean, a true American original.

[KittyWampus]

17. Hey, New York Needs Spitzer As Governor. Pataki HAS TO GO.

the gridlock in Albany is totally unacceptable.

[ShaneGR]

24. Actually, Attorney General Spitzer sounds pretty good

Don't you think? Dream big.

[Trajan]

35. When the Left calls him 'conservative', and the Right calls him 'liberal'

You KNOW that he is a sure bet to be a 'middle of the road' moderate ...

I am QUITE glad of Edwards as VP : He cares about what I care about: issues affecting working families and the middle and lower classes ..... he has a populist touch that is sorely lacking in today's american polity ...

I am DOWN with Kerry/Edwards ...

[sendero]

20. Judging by the response of the ...

... Repugs, we've picked a winner!

[Tweed]

21. He hasn't done anything one way or the other... I'll tell you after a

debate or something.

[madrchsod]

23. i liked edwards to start with but

i switched to clark.. it`s the best ticket the dems could come up with and it really is going to give little georgie problems....

[onecitizen]

26. Make that a............

heck yeah! wooohhoooooo

[ShaneGR]

27. WOOOOH!

Feels good, don't it?

[doni_georgia]

28. Hell yes!

We were on vacation and I turned on the TV when I got up to see the story breaking on MSNBC. I screamed so loud I woke up everyone in the house. This is the right pick. You can tell from the Pub reaction!

[ShaneGR]

30. They're in a panic, that's for sure....

A friend of mine (Diehard Republican) called me last night and said this election is ours to lose now. I'm so confident!

[NoPasaran]

31. Another Deaniac for Kerry/Edwards

Let's kick some Rethug ass! Yeargh!

[chimpymustgo]

33. Have loved Edwards since he ran for the Senate.

Always wanted him on the ticket. But so far he has exceeded my wildest expectations.

Kerry picking Edwards put the missing part into the engine. My fellow Americans,

WE HAVE LIFT-OFF!!

[ShaneGR]

32. Wow, only 3 no votes out of 110!

I'm flabbergasted!

[Gothmog]

34. Very pleased

Senator Edwards helps balance the the ticket in a number of ways. I am begining to think that Bush will dump cheney to make up for the effect of having Senator Edwards on the ticket.

[AP]

36. That's such a damned if you do damned if you don't move.

They could lose if they don't it. But could you imagine the way that would be perceived by the public if they did do it? It would make Bush look scared. It would make it look like he made the wrong choice to begin with and it would make it look like he's motivated be polls and not by what's right.

Basically, Bush needs Dick to have heart problems. He can't just dump him.

[mvd]

37. Yes!

I am more confident than ever that we're going to win! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: I heard West Virginia's polls already went back to even, from a 6 point lead for Bush.

The Philly Inquirer editorial about the pick was positive, and even usual Dem basher Dick Polman (also from the Philly Inquirer) had an article that was good for him.

[Forkboy]

38. Not really

but I won cash on both Kerry and Edwards so it's not a total wash :shrug:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

39. No. Would've liked at least one anti-war Dem on the ticket.

But, that would have taken courage.