Sen. Edwards, D- NC, to run for president

[Imran Siddiqui]

And survived re-election... AND was in an executive position.

[Buck Birdseed]

I seem to remember this guy from one of those "late in the news hour desperate fill-up slot 7 minute reports" on Channel 4 news (or possibly Newsnight) a couple of months ago, put forward as the supposed Democrat front runner for 2004.

[Joseph]

Originally posted by Oerdin
Exactly. The VP can fill in for up to 2 years for the previous president without it counting as one of his two terms. Thus 10 years instead of 8 years is the theoretical max.

I believed it is 1 year and 364 days of the second years.

[Drake Tungsten]

Edwards doesn't even have a full term!

So?

Politics is the art of the possible and it is quite possible for Edwards to get the Democratic nomination. I wouldn't write him off so quickly.

[Apocalypse]

Edwards is young. I don't think he is seriously running for President. He just wants to get his name out there so he can win in 2008.

[Joseph]

Originally posted by Apocalypse
Edwards is young. I don't think he is seriously running for President. He just wants to get his name out there so he can win in 2008.

Hillary will be pissed if he does run against her. The liberal are telling all democrats not to run in 08 because they want Hillary to be the only candidate.

[Dinner]

Hillary can't win. Try as she might she just has such a negative image in most of the country that she DOA in any presidential bid.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Politics is the art of the possible and it is quite possible for Edwards to get the Democratic nomination.

Like it was quite possible for Elizabeth Dole to get the Republican nomination in 2000?

Yeah, it looks nice now, but in a year people will ask if anyone thought Edwards had a chance. He's a first term Senator, without any leadership positions, and it isn't like he has other political experience, he was a trial lawyer. He won't get the nod.

[Dinner]

Edwards has been in office for four years. It will be five plus by the time the election rolls around.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Which is not enough... especially since he is a Senator and not a Governor. Even a first term Governor would have little to no shot.

[Ned]

Edwards is 49. This is exactly the right age to run for president. Clinton, after all, was re-elected when he was 49.

Simply based on his age, I would suggest that Edwards has to be ranked among the favorites, not among the dark horses.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Sure..... if you overlook everything else that matters in politics .

He would be a good Veep material, but NO WAY a President. He couldn't get close to knocking off Kerry (who is the actual favorite... no matter what the Hillary numbers are) or Libermann.

[Dinner]

I'd say Libermann is in front of Kerry simply because he's going to be inheriting Gore's, and thus Clinton's, campaign money raising machine.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Yeah, but it ain't his 'turn'. Kerry is the man in the light right now. It's kinda like Dole in '96. The whole idea of letting the man have his chance in the sun.

And Kerry is more powerful in the party.

[Drake Tungsten]

I don't remember Bill Clinton being "the man in the light" or being powerful in the Democratic Party before he won the nomination in '92. Seems some of us are forgetting our history. And why would anyone use Dole as an example of how to pick a candidate? Ughh...

I'd say Libermann is in front of Kerry simply because he's going to be inheriting Gore's, and thus Clinton's, campaign money raising machine.

Edwards has the support of the DLC and Clinton himself, so I think it is far more likely that he will inherit Clinton's fundraising machine and political advice. It's happening right now, if the rumors floating around are true.