[Torie]

Without reading this entire thread, let me say this. Edwards is shockingly lacking in intellectual capital to make a serious run for the presidency. So far, his vague populist nostrums that I have watched and heard on talking head shows and in CSPAN carried speeches have been even less satisfying than that watered down beer they sell in Utah. Unless he is a very quick study, this guy will crash and burn. He will be ripped to shreds by the press, because the mainstream press is hostile to that sort of thing, in part because while liberal on social issues, they dislike contentless populism, or populism in general. He is a mental clone of that guy who secured the Dem nomination for governor in Florida, whose name presently escapes me due to a senior moment. Just why the guy didn't do his homework, and try to attain some quick gravitas before going prime time is a mystery to me. I don't understand it at all.

[Howlin]

Well, with any luck, perhaps it will be a "twofer" when he is exposed and MAYBE the people of NC will make sure he lives in that big old house he bought in Georgetown, with no need to return to North Carolina!

[Howlin]

BTW, he seems very arrogant to me......assuming and all that. It's like he's SURE he can get the nomination. Grown in a petri dish to run, just like Bill Clinton.

[PhiKapMom]

Thought it was just me, but he reminded me of that clown, Mcbride, who the clintons got to run in FL. He didn't stand a prayer of winning with his lack of understanding issues. Another similiarity -- trial lawyer!