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Moving on After 2004, Democrats' Vice Presidential Nominee Keeps 2008 in Mind [BARFER]
ap.tbo ^ | Oct 30, 2005 | Glen Johnson

Posted on 10/30/2005 6:52:46 AM PST by ncountylee

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - John Edwards came downstairs and found 5-year-old son Jack on the floor, arranging toy trucks in a column.

"What are you doing?" the former North Carolina senator asked.

"Making a motorcade," came the exuberant reply.

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."

A year ago Tuesday, Edwards and Kerry, the Massachusetts senator, were in Boston, awaiting the general election results. There was uncertainty about the outcome, especially in Ohio. At 2 a.m., Kerry sent his running mate to address the waning crowd in Copley Square.

"John Kerry and I made a promise to the American people that in this election, every vote would count and ever vote would be counted," Edwards said. "Tonight, we are keeping our word and we will fight for every vote."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Massachusetts; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: demprimary; edwards2008; kerrydefeat; losers

1 posted on 10/30/2005 6:52:48 AM PST by ncountylee
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To: ncountylee

Here's a prediction: Edwards will not be President in 2009.


2 posted on 10/30/2005 6:55:04 AM PST by Paladin2 (If the political indictment is from Fitz, the jury always acquits.)
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To: ncountylee
He is laying the groundwork for a possible return to the political spotlight as a presidential candidate in 2008.

When will he become Fosterized?

3 posted on 10/30/2005 6:56:29 AM PST by ASA Vet (Those who know don't talk, those who talk don't know.)
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To: ncountylee

Ambulance chasers don't stop chasing them if they can't catch the first one that goes by.


4 posted on 10/30/2005 6:58:34 AM PST by Proud2BeRight
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To: ncountylee
LOL. This a**clown made all his money by suing doctors and drug companies for (mostly) insane amounts of money and BS cases. In effect, raising the price of medical care and drugs and making the poor even poorer.

All these poverty pimps care about is feeling good and getting votes with YOUR money.
5 posted on 10/30/2005 7:02:00 AM PST by varyouga (Reformed Kerry voter (I know, I'm a frickin' idiot))
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To: ncountylee

This guy is a weak sister from his head to his toes. He's going absolutely nowhere!!!


6 posted on 10/30/2005 7:02:52 AM PST by JLAGRAYFOX
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To: ncountylee
"Making a motorcade," came the exuberant reply.

On a one way trip to the scrapyard?

7 posted on 10/30/2005 7:03:38 AM PST by rickmichaels (The first casualty of war is a moonbat's brain.)
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To: ncountylee
"Making a motorcade," came the exuberant reply.

If this reporter were capable of telling the truth, he'd have told us the child replied "Making a funeral procession."

8 posted on 10/30/2005 7:03:48 AM PST by IronJack
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To: ncountylee

A future Harold Stassen in the offing....


9 posted on 10/30/2005 7:55:22 AM PST by Prost1 (New AG, Berger is still free, copped a plea! I still get my news from FR!)
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To: Prost1
"A future Harold Stassen in the offing...."

LOL Like Gore?

10 posted on 10/30/2005 8:00:37 AM PST by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: ncountylee

There goes the motorcade!

11 posted on 10/30/2005 8:18:17 AM PST by tapatio
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To: Paladin2

Somehow I don't worry about the scenario where he wins, unlike Hillary, Kerry, even Dean.


12 posted on 10/30/2005 9:32:56 AM PST by DWPittelli
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13 posted on 10/30/2005 9:52:23 AM PST by Sybeck1 (chance is the “magic wand to make not only rabbits but entire universes appear out of nothing.”)
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14 posted on 10/31/2005 2:54:15 AM PST by Alia
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