And why or why not?
2007-01-01 04:06:30 · 19 answers · asked by Darth Vader 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
No.
I have lived in North Carolina for 16 Years now. Shortly after John Edwards was first elected as a Senator, he started his campaign for president, then for vice president. He spent his time in office campaigning for president instead of doing good for North Carolina and the USA.
In other words, he has no real experience except in campaigning. He has accomplished nothing as a civil servant. His sole advantage in an election is that he has done nothing that Republicans can bash either.
I like John Edwards otherwise.
2007-01-01 04:07:27 · answer #1 · answered by Feeling Mutual 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I might, but I need to hear a lot more about his ideas and where he stands on a lot of issues.
I think he's got no chance because he looks like he's 30 years old and American's aren't likely to vote for a president that young looking. Ever since the era of TV debates we are more interested in how tall the president is, how old he is and how good his hair is then the content of his character and what he'll actually do for the country.
The trick is to find someone with all of those things who also has a couple of hundred million dollars to run a campaign and is willing to have his character assasinated in public.
I think McCain will be very hard to beat if the Republicans run him. I don't see Edwards or Hillary or Obama or any combination of those three beating him. I don't see any Democrat beating him because he has appeal to even some moderate Democrats and he's some how avoided most of the neo-conservative taint that 90% of Republicans are infected with now and he actually appears to have integrity, unlike Bush, Cheney and the rest of the cabal.
2007-01-01 04:13:45 · answer #2 · answered by Ryan 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
In a heart beat. He is young enough so that his thoughts are not set in stone. He can actually listen and respond to a variety of thoughts without looking like a deer startled in the head lights. He has new and fresh ideas unlike stay the course for 6 years.
2007-01-01 04:16:50 · answer #3 · answered by firewomen 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
I would NOT vote for Edwards in '08. His ramblings on "two Americas" is entirely uninformed blather, crafted to appeal to the sheeple who can't be bothered to research the candidates and their politics before voting. I'm voting Bugs Bunny '08, straight Looney Tunes ticket.
2007-01-01 04:08:53 · answer #4 · answered by eatmorec11h17no3 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
No, never!
I mean, he's probably more electable than Kerry, so if your only goal is to win an election, he's probably a good choice, but his ideas are disastrous.
His whole plan is about populist economics. This focuses on Protectionism, which, if you have read your history, is the kind of thing that led us into the Great Depression.
Maybe its just me, but I'm not anxious to be standing in a bread line.
2007-01-01 04:07:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
The Breck Girl? No way. He is a leftist trial lawyer that would impose more government restrictions on people and raise taxes. He along with John Kerry have never said what they are for only what they are against and that is anything that the Republicans propose. How can you vote for someone who doesn't tell you what he is for?
2007-01-01 04:09:33 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 4⤊ 5⤋
Not likely. The guy's an empty suit and even carolina wouldn't send him back to the Senate. Why should I call the people of his own state liars?
2007-01-01 04:08:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
Not no, but hell no.
He is sleazy and the people from his own state don't like him.
If John Edwards is the answer, it must have been a stupid question.
If John Kerry is the answer, it must have been a stupid question.
If Obama is the answer, it must have been a stupid question.
If Clinton/Rodham is the answer, it surely must have been a stupid a** question.
2007-01-01 04:13:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋
He is not enough of a ignoramus to appeal to those who voted for Bush, especially those that voted for Bush twice.
2007-01-01 04:11:14 · answer #9 · answered by Middy S 2 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Not in the primary against anyone like Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton, but if it was just between him and his republican opponent, then yes, definitely. Unless Ralph Nader was running.
2007-01-01 04:10:53 · answer #10 · answered by Patchouli 4 · 2⤊ 5⤋