Edwards may seem young and dynamic to you, but people in the media who covered his 2004 campaign for the Democratic nomination later described him as thoroughly dull and mediocre. The consensus among them was that hearing his "two Americas" campaign speech once would have been enough -- but hearing the same damn speech several times every day for weeks and months at a time made them wonder if the guy ever had an original thought in his head.
Please don't confuse me with a Democrat. Edwards does NOT seem young and dynamic to me. I was writing about the impression he makes on Democrats.