Assuming Kerry wins in two terms, Is edwards the right candidate in 2012

[ParisFrance]

Hilary may want the nomination,Obama,a Kenned...Edwards will make a great VP , but I wonder if he would be a great president.

[WindRavenX]

1. Whoa whoa whoa...

Let's not get ahead of ourselves here :)
FWIW, Hillary runs next for the Democrats.

[JohnKleeb]

3. well if Edwards serves two terms as Kerry's veep

it may be a competion between those two, hell if it happened, I'd root for both of them, I love Edwards for his populist themes and I love Hiliary because she's a good senator, and really is a good lady.

[WindRavenX]

7. Hillary would still deserve to get it, IMO

First woman president would mean the world.

[JohnKleeb]

10. thats why I have a tough choice

Hey, I love them both but Edwards heh like me is a southerner, and yeah I sorta do get in to that sort of thing but yes she would be, and if or Edwards were ever president, that would be gerat.

[WindRavenX]

11. Remember that Edwards is (relatively) young

He can run after Hillary ;)

[JohnKleeb]

2. Edwards would make a great president

He was my number three pick after all was said and done in the primaries.

[LoZoccolo]

4. Self-deleted.

Nothing to see here...

[Feanorcurufinwe]

5. Hard to say. No doubt he'll want it.

Based on what I know today, I'd say, yes, of course, but who knows what the next 8 years holds?

[tritsofme]

6. Very doubtful

IIRC George Bush (41) was the only VP in the 20th century (maybe even longer than that) of a two term President to win a presidential election at the end of the first 8 years.

[ParisFrance]

9. That does hold truth to the future

but it does look like the country is becoming left.

[DemPopulist]

14. Yeah but....

Name a recent sitting veep that didn't get the nomination.

[fujiyama]

8. It's hard to say

what will happen over the next few months, let alone the next several years. I'm also not going to say we won yet (though it's tempting).

There are several "rising stars" in the party. We really don't know if Dean is done. Maybe he has another run. Maybe Clark does. Obama...hell I wouldn't be surprised if Harold Ford and him go against each other the same year. The contrast would be great though and I think Obama would win and rightly so - he's much more liberal than Ford.

[AnnitaR]

12. Call me crazy but...

I honestly do not think Hilary wants it. I think she's happy being a Senator. She saw how those bastards almost destroyed her family and I don't think she's willing to go through that again. Chelsea will probably be getting married soon and Hilary's going to have grandkids one day. I just don't think she has the stomach for it. Bill wants her to, but I don't think she wants it as bad as he wants it for her.

I think it will be Edwards/Obama in 2012!

[sandnsea]

13. 2012 candidate fight thread?

Sorry, I'm just not up for this one! :-)