[ncfool]

Bob Dole when he ran for President did the moral thing and resigned from the Senate to run. Kerry knew his chances of winning were slim and did not have the BALLS to step aside and do the right thing. Of course Teddy told him not to as the GOP Gov on Mass would have appointed a nice republican.

The same thing goes for Edwards. He would have lost his primary anyway to Eskine Bowes. According to people in NC Bowes would have smoked Edwards.

[Skeet]

On Fox News Sunday, Senator John Edwards was asked, “According to the news reports, you attended just three of 36 meetings of the Judiciary Committee, the worst record of any member of that panel, and you attended just four of 13 public meetings of the Intelligence Committee. For someone who's been in the Senate less than a full term, isn't that a problem?”

His response was incredible. He stated in part that because he could not get his way on certain legislation that, “…I came to the conclusion that the only real solution to this was to get George Bush out of the White House. And that's when I decided to run for president, and that's the period of time that they're talking about.”

With no due respect to the Senator, he was not elected by the people of North Carolina to run for President, but to serve our State’s interests in the United States Senate. He had a responsibility to the people of North Carolina to fulfill his obligations to our State. His willingness to quickly abandon North Carolina for his own ambitions shows a serious lack of integrity and begs to question how he would handle the office of Vice President.

[johnb838]

Some people have actually run for President and continued to at least show up in the Senate. At least for special votes. Seems like Kerry gave up even that about six months ago. He don't care.