Attitude towards Edwards?

[AP]

Describe your feelings about Edwards:

[JohnKleeb]

1. didnt have much of an opinion but he seems to be a good guy imo

[SahaleArm]

4. Same here.

He's always been in my top-3..

(1) Clark
(2) Kerry
(3) Edwards

[JohnKleeb]

5. yea

I think hes in mine as well. lol officially I only have my #1 candiate down on paper and maybe my second.

[TexasPatriot]

2. how about

i liked him ok, and i still like him ok, but he's still not my guy

[Vikingking66]

3. I think not enough options

I like the guy, I think he needs more executive experience and a trimmer message, I think he'd made an excellent VP, but I wouldn't vote for him in the Presidential primaries.

That's not really a category.

[leftofthedial]

6. none of the above

I liked him all along, but not in my top 3.

[sujan]

7. Edwards's campaign is a sinking ship

[AP]

9. Actually, it's about all boats being lifted by a rising tide...

really.

[sujan]

10. pipe dream

no wait...dream

[AP]

12. Don't change your log-in name once Edwards starts winning.

Because I want to make sure I can say I told you so.

[sujan]

18. hahahahahaahahha

Keep me posted. And dont hold your breath.

[burr]

13. I agree...

When Edwards was first elected back in 1998, I said yippee..a potential President. When he began his campaign for President I thought, this will probably be my guy. Then came his votes for the IWR, now everytime I visit his webpage and read his lame agenda...I prey DEAR GOD DON'T LET THIS GUY BE NOMINATED! :scared:

[AP]

14. Burr, we have a 125+ post thread where you can barely

put together simply a coherent argument why you think Dean's better than Edwards on tax policy.

I have no idea what gives you the authority to call his agenda "lame."

[SahaleArm]

17. Ask him which candidate he supports?

I bet you already know the answer:).

[burr]

21. thanks for your kind observations...

I don't need your authority to call something that is lame..lame.

As far as making coherent arguments...try easing up on the funky medications, then things may seem more coherant. :hippie:

[sujan]

23. lol

[sandnsea]

8. I wish he were 'deeper'

Or something. I think he's really sincere in working for families against corporations. I think he'd do great things for this country in that regard. He's got to be intelligent, I wish we'd see some of that in-depth analysis that a President has to have. It's simply got to be there!!! That's my only disappointment with him, I really expected him to be doing better by now. Of course, he is in NC & SC. If they got the attention of IA and NH, maybe the media would be calling Edwards the frontrunner! Considering the electoral votes of those two states, maybe he ought to be given the title of frontrunner anyway!

(A Real President, you know, the one whose decisions affect every human on the planet?)

[AP]

11. It's a slow burn, with Edwards.

Supporters worth having don't blow like reeds in the wind.

I suspect that once Edwards converts a supporter, they don't go off and flirt with other candidates.

[drfemoe]

15. He Likes the Patriot Act

doesn't have a problem with it ... I think he stands alone on that issue (in the Dem field) ..

This issue has crossed party lines, rw/lw lines, religious/non religious lines .. Americans don't like it . yet John Edward does.

http://www.bordc.org/

[AP]

19. No he doesn't.

MR. RUSSERT: Some Democrats have a different view: “Joe Biden of Delaware called criticism of the Patriot Act. Dianne Feinstein, (Democrat, California), mounted a strong defense of the Patriot Act, saying she believes that there is substantial uncertainty and perhaps some ignorance about what this bill actually does do and how it’s employed. ...I have never had a single abuse of the Patriot Act reported to me.” Have you?
SEN. EDWARDS: To me, personally? No. But the independent inspector general in the Justice Department has found 34 credible complaints under the Patriot Act. I think in the first—if I’ve got the timing right, the first six months of this year, I think it’s a serious issue. I respect Joe Biden and Dianne very much, but I think we know that there have been abuses, and the inspector general’s findings would show that.

[sandnsea]

25. That's not true at all

Where do people get these crazy ideas.

Besides, you can rant about repealing the Patriot Act all you want and it's not going to happen. There's a whole big country out there and what they want are sensible laws enforced without violating civil rights. This Administration doesn't know how to do that. Ashcroft dug up an 1800's law to go after Greenpeace, it's obvious the abuses of the Patriot Act are his and his alone. Edwards would make the changes that need to be made, pull terrorist investigations out of the FBI, and make sure our civil rights are protected. He's a trial lawyer for chrissake, they live and breathe civil rights.

[drfemoe]

26. no surprise

guess you didn't take a look at the link provided .

[lancemurdoch]

16. Who is Edwards?

I never knew much about Edwards except he was from North Carolina. I had the other candidates pegged as

Gephardt - labor
Lieberman - DLC
Sharpton - black
Dean - early anti-war and bold, with a seeming liberal yuppie following
Kucinich - far left on (virtually) everything
Clark - came in late. People think perhaps general could beat Bush.

Some of the candidates were vaguer. Where does Kerry fit in? I'm not really sure - so I ignored him. Edwards was like this as well, although he was behind more than Kerry in terms of recognition.

Labor is behind Gephardt so I'm behind Gephardt. And he has done a lot for labor over the years. Dean and Kerry have picked up one or two labor endorsements like it's a big deal compared to Gephardt's dozens.

I think "identity", especially in terms of race, is important overall, but it seems to me that labor is the only backbone possible that has ever worked for the left, and a labor-centered base of the left with connections to African-Americans and so forth is what will do it. I mean, African-American workers have the problems of other workers to begin with, so labor takes care of that, plus special attention to their specific problems.

[SahaleArm]

20. Identity?

Where does Kerry fit in? I'm not really sure - so I ignored him

Why vote for identity over substance? The substance of Kerry's agenda is progressive which is well reflected in his record.

[Pastiche423]

22. Need I say anything?

[sujan]

24. say what?

[drfemoe]

27. Edwards also managed to miss votes

for the anti-abortion bill .. but he came out with a statment later condemning it ... it wasn't important enough to vote?

[DemExpat]

28. Like him....after Clark he's my favorite....

DemEx

[Zynx]

29. He's a distant third for me.

Like all the Congressional candidates(except Kucinich), he voted for the IWR so I don't like him.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

30. I just broke a tie (liked him then and more now)

:)

[Endangered Specie]

31. I think

that he is really shooting to be the next Attorney General (being, that he is a lawyer and all). I would like Edwards there (anyone but Ashkkkroft)

[NewYorkerfromMass]

32. Really? I think Dean is really shooting for SG

if the point here is to belittle a candidate's campaign.

[Hep]

39. Dean would be an incredible SG

And thanks for making yet another thread about him!

[NewYorkerfromMass]

41. certainly more appropriate

and consistent with his training and experience than Commander in Chief.

[Hep]

43. Sure

which I guess would be why Kerry should stay in the legislative branch.

Tell me, please. How many years did Dean practice medicine vs. how many years he served as governor?

[GreenArrow]

33. He's all image,

with no depth and less substance, a purely political and self seeking creature.

[CWebster]

34. Personally

I preferred the original version. ;-)

[GreenArrow]

35. so did I

but I thought I'd play nice. :)

[xJlM]

36. If it weren't for his vote on the IWR...

I'd have no reason to dislike him. But I have to put him in the same boat with Gephardt, Kerry, and Lieberman.

[rucky]

37. Edwards is The Man.... in 2008/12

He's likeable, has good policy... and it's all "written down on paper" (heh, heh). He's in a good position for a VP or Cabinet Post next term, and will have his solid name recognition and resume primed for him to kick butt on a Edwards/Clinton or Clinton/Edwards tickee next time around.

[Hep]

38. Other: Completely indifferent

Doesn't inspire me at all.

[JackRiddler]

40. what kind of rigged marketing-style survey is this?

Sounds like something a campaign would come up with...

How about "likeable and mostly harmless. Good-looking innocuity, charming also-ran..." ?

[mmonk]

42. Neither

Voted for him. I like him ok except for the war vote. He wants the military vote in NC. I would take him more serious if he could win our state against Bush.

[mourningdove92]

44. Edwards is my 1st choice.

I believe he could win it all. However, even if he does not win the democratic nomination, I believe he has something up his sleeve. He has opted out of another term as Senator, which does not make sense unless he already has some kind of promise that he will be the nominee or will have a position in the next administration. Time will tell.

[molly]

45. I like him

he's realistic and appeals to the base.