I would, however, drop the references to "not ready for prime time." President Bush's first public speech, here in Indianapolis, was decidedly underwhelming, and in fact made me hesitate about backing him in the primaries until I saw him on the campaign trail on C-SPAN.
The more the Rats get to fighting with each other the better off we will be, however.
As far as Edwards cases, they are probably above board or we would have heard something different before now. If he won a case for a poor, put-upon victim of malpractice, good for him and his client. That has NOTHING to do with competence for the Presidency.