Edwards Says No to Obama

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But Edwards flatly said Friday, as he had before he endorsed a candidate, that he's not interested in making a second run for vice president. "No," Edwards said in no uncertain terms on NBC's the Today show when asked about the possibility. "Won't happen.…It's just not something I am interested in." -CNN.com



So now who will Obama choose?
 

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Richardson for the Latino vote and lots of successful international experience. I could see Edwards, whom I initially supported, as Attorney General. He would kick ass.
Dave


YES YES YES! I love Bill Richardson. I wish he could of had a chance in the presidential race, as he would have gotten my vote hands down. Another VP that I would like to see is Gen Wesley Clark. I think he'd be the man to help us figure out/get out of the Middle East.
 

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Wow, this hard to find a running mate, maybe the Democrats have less of a lock on anything this time around just the same. Regardless of party affiliation this is not encouraging for America period.

As divisive as the race & gender issues have been for determining the Democratic candidate, throwing a race ticket is almost as desperate as a suggested Obama/Clinton (race/gender) ticket ?

Please excuse my frustrations, but I want real international and domestic solutions, not a melting pot of a downtrodden minorities ticket postured to win an election with no substance after election or inauguration day ? This is about doing better across the board for Americans. Not making a statement of how far racial and/or gender equality has come in America, because to be honest, I've benefited from neither and I'm tired of hearing how much more sacrifice all of us have to make over something that happened too long ago for it to be a factor anymore. I'm living in the present and for the future, not over wrongs of a past that I am not guilty of perpetrating and made to "feel ashamed of in some warped aberration of a Rev. Wright preaching" over a similar/shared racial identification. Each of us competes the best way we can and in regards to race and gender, for every example of who was wronged, there are just as many success stories, where you could pay me/treat me like any one of those portrayed as the downtrodden factions and I wouldn't be insulted in the least. In a lot of those cases it very well would be an improvement over many's current situations. I don't want any of us to lose sight over this. It's not about the one/few that finishes the race as a representative of the group, but getttng as many of us (if not all of us) across the finish line in good shape to close out our lives from my perspective. That might be construed as communism, but a few decades back it was called the American dream. It's what any prior generation wants for the next that follows it. If we're all going to be $ 1/2 a trillion plus in debt, why should anyone suffer beyond what is uncontrollable by mankind ?
 

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"Publicly," is the key word. I doubt Edwards would have made such a pat statement without first making his position abundantly clear to Obama behind the scenes. My guess is that Edwards is playing the field. He's got a good thing as senator and can bide his time to see what happens in four years. He's got time.
 

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"Publicly," is the key word. I doubt Edwards would have made such a pat statement without first making his position abundantly clear to Obama behind the scenes. My guess is that Edwards is playing the field. He's got a good thing as senator and can bide his time to see what happens in four years. He's got time.

Yeh, he might just be wary of the VP position, since the last time he accepted such an offer turned out pretty sour. Maybe in four years he'll be comfortable with accepting it again, provided he hasn't established himself enough to get a Pres nomination at that point.
 

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Richardson for the Latino vote and lots of successful international experience. I could see Edwards, whom I initially supported, as Attorney General. He would kick ass.
Dave

Attorney General Edwards? I don't think he has the utter disregard for the law that apparently is a pre-requisite for the job. :smile: