Edwards Works on Possible Bid in 2008

[cynatnite]

A year after Democrats John Kerry and Edwards lost the White House election, young Jack still may think about the heady days of last fall. His father, however, has moved on — without a Secret Service escort.

_He is traveling the country, trying to rally college students to the cause of fighting poverty in the U.S.

_He is presiding over a new poverty center at the University of North Carolina.

_He is laying the groundwork for a possible return to the political spotlight as a presidential candidate in 2008.

A little bit of all three was on his mind when he made a stop at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government.

"I'm in a very forward-looking, positive state of mind," said Edwards, while hundreds of students began to assemble in a nearby common. "I mean, being able to take on a big cause in a really serious way is an extraordinary thing."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051030/ap_on_el_pr/edwards__future

[...of J.Temperance]

1. I ADORE John Edwards

And I desperately want him to be our Presidential candidate in 2008...I'm a bit scared that Yahoo felt the need to point out that he's "...moved on without a Secret Service escort."

What are these pigs trying to convey by putting that otherwise pointless comment in? That if he runs, he'll be in danger...so don't bother running?

Edwards is our next Clinton, and like President Clinton, he's uniquely gifted and special and can reach out to the people we need to reach out to. We were fools NOT to have him the top of the ticket last year, in 2008 we'll be fools AGAIN not to have him the top of the ticket.

Edwards/Warner...that's the ticket.

[Mass]

2. This article is BS - rather than focusing on Edwards's job, it focuses

on what everybody else knows, that he is considering a possible run. So what? The election is in three years.

May be Glen Johnson (this admirable RW talking point source) could focus on that, or are poverty issues not sexy enough for him?

[...of J.Temperance]

3. I'm aware that the article is BS

So I just pretty much ignored responding about the article, and instead concentrated on doing a bit of PR for my candidate.

[Mass]

6. Sorry, this was not intended as an answer to your post.

[...of J.Temperance]

7. That's okay, I know ;)

Senator Edwards is like the sun, you only have to see him and he's just like the sun shining down on you.

I'd go to the WALL for Senator Edwards...I'd go to the WALL for Governor Blanco too. I love both of them equally.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

4. I love this man. He has balls, unlike his former running mate

I know people are going to be angry at me for saying that, but I have the right to say this. I worked too hard for Kerry, spent a lot of money for Kerry to run, and Kerry just remained silent when attacked, was incredibly friendly to Bush publicly, said little or nothing about him, and let the GOP walk all over us.

[Mass]

5. LOL

That's nice.

I guess that the fact your guy is a positive person is lost to you.

For the rest, it does not make me angry, just sad for you.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

9. I think you'd better explain. Your post did lose me. nt

[...of J.Temperance]

10. I think the meaning is that

The whole original point is that it's about Senator Edwards, about what he's doing and about how he's obviously a force for the good and is optimistic and forward-looking.

And you sort of, well didn't comment about Senator Edwards and instead just went off on one regarding Senator Kerry. I do agree with some of your points about Kerry...about not defending himself, I think he lost it when he failed to nuke the Swift Boat lying bastards, who WERE lying about him. However, because he failed to take them out and instead remained quiet, unfortunately it gave much of the population the opposite opinion and by the time Kerry did address the lies, it was too late.

But that's in the past, and we now need to look forward to 2008 and hopefully we'll go into that with Senator Edwards.

[Mass]

11. self-delete

[...of J.Temperance]

12. Well I agree

And I've taken a vow to support any Democratic candidate both in 2006 and 2008. I don't think there's anything wrong with pointing out what Senator Kerry did wrong, because that's in the past, I don't think it can be considered de facto helping the GOP. Kerry did some things right, but he also did some things wrong, and we need to learn from that.

As I stated, I've taken a vow, and I'm not going to bash any candidate, even if I personally disagree with them...we're one party and we must move forward as one party.

[...of J.Temperance]

13. Oh heck, you've deleted your comment, should I delete mine?

Otherwise it makes no sense...you rascal you ;)

[Mass]

15. I was afraid that it could be seen as an attack on Edwards

which was not my goal.

[...of J.Temperance]

17. No, I understood what you were meaning

But I also understand why you deleted, because a lot of people can be VERY sensitive and misunderstand certain things.

[Mass]

14. I agree with most of what you say here,

There is a difference between criticizing a campaign and criticizing directly a person. The Kerry-Edwards campaign certainly had flaws as all campaigns have.

[...of J.Temperance]

16. Good

I'm glad we can see it was the campaign and NOT the individual person.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

20. Oh

You're right. I did go off on Kerry. I guess I'm still hurting. Ah well. I do love Edwards tho.

[I_am_Spartacus]

19. Kerry did have the balls to pick Edwards as his VP

Granted he was the obvious pick from the perspective of the voters, but corporate America didn't want him on the ticket and neither did the DLC and it took courage for Kerry to ignore the powerful and pick the person the people wanted.

(I read that something like 10,000 primary voters in NH wrote on their ballots for Kerry that they wanted Edwards to be VP. There was no coordinated effort to do that. That was the spontaneous response.)

[Digit]

8. JE is my first choice

He has what it takes to win in 2008.

[Pastiche423]

18. DLCer Johnny boy voted for the IWR

and still believes in the invasion.

Besides, what experience does he have for running for the highest office in the land?

A Bliderberger approval and a part-time job "fighting" poverty?

Ha!

[...of J.Temperance]

21. WHAT experience did Junior have?

We've got to STOP this crap:

"Oh they voted for the IWR...Oh they voted for the Patriot Act...Oh they've got a bad voting record on the environment...Oh they like Krispy Kremes and I like Dunkin' Donuts..."

What it comes down to is THIS, and it's VERY simple to understand:

Do you want the Repukes winning in 2008 OR do you want US to have the chance at winning?

If the answer to the first part is yes, then be ideological and back someone like...ANYONE who didn't vote for the IWR etc. ie. cut off your nose to spite your face.

If the answer to the second part is yes, then you'll put ideological differences behind you and despite someone voting for the IWR etc. you'll back them and vote for them.

I personally want our candidate to be John Edwards, however, IF he doesn't get the nomination, then I'll support WHOEVER does get the nomination EVEN if I DON'T agree with them on EVERYTHING. If I agree with our candidate ONLY on 60% of the issues, thats fine...because I'll take the 60% of what I DO agree with OVER the 100% of what I DON'T agree with that the Repuke candidate is BOUND to have.

On Edit: How can Edwards the Bilderberger talk about poverty issues? Well, Edwards WASN'T born wealthy UNLIKE Junior. Edwards has made a lot of money since, and you know he NEEDN'T be doing what he's doing...he could just retire to the Bahamas and live the life of Riley, BUT it's because he has compassion and empathy, that he's chosen NOT to do that and instead has chosen to try and find ways to eleviate poverty.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

22. I want all of us to be united under someone with balls this big -->

from one coast <-------------------------------------------------------------------> to the other

Someone who is tough as nails and trashes the GOP completely.

:dem: