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John Edwards VP Nominee

The first thing I saw when I turned on my TV this morning was that John Kerry picked John Edwards as his running mate for the 2004 election. I was curious to see what everyone's thoughts are since we seem to be liking the political threads lately. How do you think this will shape the election? Do you agree with Kerry's choice? I'll post later.
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Re: John Edwards VP Nominee

Edwards was the logical pick.

First off, the guy was the only remote threat to Kerry in the primaries. Second off, he kinda balances out the ticket from an ideological standpoint. (Southern Democrats aren't as liberal as Massachusetts Democrats.) Third off, he seems more...(tries to think of the word) skilled on the stump than Kerry.

Fourth off, he's from South Carolina. We'll get back to the White House yet.

(Actually, it's kinda funny. The place where Andrew Jackson was born is now part of North Carolina. So the legislatures settled who got to claim him each year with a basketball game. Hasn't happened here in a while, though.)
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Re: John Edwards VP Nominee

Best pick he could of made, and the best man for the job. My dad actually met Edwards a couple of years ago and said he'd make a great president someday. He's a very charismatic, optimistic, Southern Gentleman, which brings alot to the Kerry campaign. NC will love to see one of their own up there than one "a 'dem 'der Texans". Absolutely the best choice.
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Re: John Edwards VP Nominee

I heard the announcement on the radio this morning, and somehow, I just knew Kristina would post that on here. Big surprise

I am glad to hear this, though. I'd been talking with Kristina about the John^2 ticket since the primaries. I think it's a good choice, personally. Edwards is ideologically compatible with Kerry, but he brings a different style and appearance to the campaign. Plus, as the media has continually pointed out, no Democrat has won an election in over 40 years without a Southerner on the ticket. So, while I am usually loathe to bring up such statistics, perhaps this will help.
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Re: John Edwards VP Nominee

Time for an outsider's look.

Even though picking the primaries' runner-up is tradition, I'm sure Kerry was seriously thinking about other running mates (like Hillary Clinton or Dick Gephardt maybe?). A relatively young, slightly more conservative, southern running mate? I'd say things are looking good for the Kerry Campaign, good choice. I'm not particularly impressed by Kerry's past or his ideas, but perhaps my Canadian citzenship and lack of knowledge of Americana has to do with that. Bi-partisanship is icky to me; heck, IMO the Republicans haven't put forth a remotely credible candidate since Bush 41. That in mind, I would have liked to see Edwards win outright in the primaries, as he impressed me in debate, but winning was of course an unlikely prospect, mostly because of his lack of experience/grey hair etc. I don't think very many people are going to see a two-senator ticket as weak, so this campaign has earned a huge boost; Kerry appeals to hard line Democrats who will then be sure to go to the polls, and Edwards is going to steal swing voters decisively. If I were American, I'd actually take Kerry's campaign a bit more seriously now.
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Re: John Edwards VP Nominee

I think its a good pick, I hope he just does not over shadow Kerry. I met him a few time (I was actualy in most of his campaign material in NH) and he seems like a nice guy, he actualy sat down and talked to us about what we though of his ideas regarding education... he did not just shove his ideas down our throats.

I think when americans see him next to chenny they will think twice about our current VP.
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Re: John Edwards VP Nominee

I think it's a good pick.

I dunno what it is.
There's just something about this John Edwards guy which seems trustworthy to me.

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Re: John Edwards VP Nominee

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There's just something about this John Edwards guy which seems trustworthy to me.
He's a politician.
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Re: John Edwards VP Nominee

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He's a politician.
Much less of a politician than anyone else running.
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Re: John Edwards VP Nominee

I like the fact that Kerry's family and Edwards's family appeared together this morning. It makes me and I'm sure other Americans confident that Kerry and Edwards are not just 100% concerned about the politics and that Edwards will help bring out a more human side in Kerry if he wins.
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Re: John Edwards VP Nominee

i think that it was a decient choice but i would have liked to see Howard Dean instead because of his high energy and opinions on the enviorment.

the interesting thing about this election is that there is nobody from the west...in tradition there is always someone from the west cost and so we will see how that turns out.

Also this election in my mind will be more about NOT being BUSH then BEING Kerry
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i think that it was a decient choice but i would have liked to see Howard Dean instead because of his high energy and opinions on the enviorment.

the interesting thing about this election is that there is nobody from the west...in tradition there is always someone from the west cost and so we will see how that turns out.

Also this election in my mind will be more about NOT being BUSH then BEING Kerry
There are many who would argue that Dick Cheney isn't really from the West Coast (since just prior to his announcement as the vice presidential candidate for the 2000 elections, he moved from Texas to Wyoming as his "permanent" residence) - IIRC...

Dean would have been nice, but I fear that if he was chosen the democratic party would have lost the rest of the country, for fear that having both in the northeast and both being considered fairly liberal. Not that I don't like Dean (I wanted him to win the primaries), but I think it would have been the kiss of death to the campaign effort.
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He's a lawyer. Muahhaha.... He was on the Oreilly Factor last night. He is a very elequant speaker.
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He's a lawyer. Muahhaha.... He was on the Oreilly Factor last night. He is a very elequant speaker.
He's a trial lawyer, fights against the the big corporations, which is just right for me, and the exact opposite of Bush-Cheney. I have Edwards' biography sitting right here on my desk, I should probably read it soon.
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I don’t know if any of you remember awhile back that some kids were getting their guts sucked out by faulty Pool Filters- but he was one of trial lawyers who represented at least one of the victim’s families.
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