Posted on 10/05/2004 8:44:17 PM PDT by next view
yes reports were that he had no chance to be re-elected.
Yes.
Pretty much. He was polling looowwww....
Yes!!!!!!!!!
Deadwards was polling below 40% against a who-is-it candidate.
Boy, Cheney smacked the snot out of him on that, didn't he?
He has a 35% approval rating in NC. He decided not to run before Kerry selected him. He wouldn't have been able to raise $10.00.
Edwards is a joke in NC except for certain neighborhoods in Wilmington, Raleigh, Greensboro, Winston, Charlotte and most of Asheville.
Would you vote for Senator Gone?
Was leaving rather than face a humiliating trouncing at the polls.
I've heard that NC hates him. He did nothing for them. He's been jocking for President since he was elected Senator.
Oops...left out Durham and Chapel Hill too!
I have heard something like that. Edwards was consistantly polling less than 50%, and in some polls he was down to 43%. He campaigned as a moderate in 1998, but has voted leftist liberal. Also, he's spent more time in other states than in North Carolina. While the voters like his hair and his smile, they don't like his record.
My brother-in-law moved to NC a couple of years ago when he retired. He told me Edwards is not popular there and probably would not get re-elected if he ran.
All future political aspirations for Edwards are now nonexistent.
Just another also-ran whose name will be forgotten in a couple of years.
yes
running for vp was the only viable way to keep his political career alive, other than running for dogcatcher.
TarHeel Checking In:
The former Lauch Faircloth seat was not going to be held again by Edwards in a re-election bid. It will probably stay Demo with Bowles (sadly).
NC is weird that way. It gives us Jesse! and it gives us Easely (and Hunt).
It's been known that Edwards would have a hard time being reelected here in NC.
The Johns...Senator Went, and Senator Gone...
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