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Title: Edwards remains silent about presidential pick -- May not endorse either Democrat before the November election
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URL Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24186572/
Published: Apr 21, 2008
Author: AP
Post Date: 2008-04-21 23:52:04 by Ferret Mike
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RALEIGH, N.C. - In the four years after his first White House bid, John Edwards stayed in the spotlight. In the four months since he abandoned his second bid, he's all but disappeared. A quick interview with Jay Leno. A couple of low-key speeches. A few North Carolina basketball games with his wife and children. That's about it. If Edwards has made up his mind between Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, not only is he keeping quiet about it, he's not even putting himself in a position where he might be asked. The silence from Chapel Hill hasn't gone unnoticed. "I'd like a signal. I'd like to know what he thinks," said Gary Pearce, a Democratic consultant who advised Edwards during his successful run for Senate in 1998. "He was on stage with these two people, and he knows more about them than anyone in the world. Who is in a better position to say, 'Let me tell you about these people?'" Edwards is even acting coy in private. Rep. Mel Watt, one of North Carolina's superdelegates to the Democratic National Convention and the former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, wanted to consult with Edwards before making a decision about his own endorsement. Watt said he called a few times to speak with Edwards, but never heard back. Watt ended up passing along a message through Edwards' wife Elizabeth after making up his mind to back Obama. "I presume if he had a concern, he'd call," Watt said. How much impact does Edwards have? Obama and Clinton have traveled to lobby Edwards, flying to North Carolina for visits at his Chapel Hill home that both candidates tried to keep secret. Neither has managed to win over the 2004 vice presidential nominee, and it's not clear either will until the nomination has been settled. "I don't anticipate that he'll make an endorsement," said John Moylan, a close friend to Edwards and longtime adviser. "I think that he will support the Democratic nominee - that there is a need for party leaders who can act in a unifying position. And he's one of the people who can do that." At this point, it's possible Edwards' endorsement wouldn't have any bearing on the May 6 North Carolina primary. He was unable to win North Carolina for 2004 presidential nominee John Kerry, and polls showed Edwards lagging in North Carolina before he dropped out this year. Current surveys show Obama with a wide lead in the state, and he is expected to get a boost from the huge number of new registrations among black voters. Before leaving the race, Edwards won a promise from both of the Democratic hopefuls to continue to press for policies that would alleviate poverty, and they both responded. Two weeks after Edwards exited, Obama gave a major speech on how he would address economic disparities. Earlier this month, Clinton said she would create a Cabinet-level position dedicated to poverty. David Bonior, the former Michigan congressman who managed Edwards' 2008 campaign, said he expects Edwards - a former trial lawyer whose only election victory was his first, a 1998 run for Senate - and his wife to step back into public life to push for action on poverty and others issues that were at the heart of his presidential campaign Edwards campaign for the economy "I think he's caught his breath, and I think you'll be hearing his voice more," Bonior said. "I wish that he would speak up more on those issues that he cares about." That has slowly started to happen - with Elizabeth Edwards. She recently signed on as a visiting fellow at Harvard University's Institute of Politics and started as a fellow at the Center for American Progress to advocate on health care issues. The Washington-based think tank was founded by John Podesta, President Clinton's former chief of staff. She has touted Clinton's health care plan as superior to Obama's, but has also declined to endorse either candidate. Both John and Elizabeth Edwards declined repeated requests for an interview through their aides, and John Edwards declined to talk with reporters after accepting an award last month at a Young Democrats convention near his home. Edwards gave a brief speech at that event, praising Obama's inspiration and Clinton's leadership. The Edwards' recent stretch of privacy comes after years of near constant scrutiny. Edwards launched his first presidential campaign in September 2003, and really never stopped campaigning for the White House until dropping out of this year's race. Even after Elizabeth Edwards was diagnosed with cancer and went through chemotherapy following the 2004 election, the couple continued public activities. She wrote a memoir. He launched a poverty center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and campaigned around the country for Democrats and effort to boost the minimum wage. Both did book tours. After her cancer returned in early 2007, he remained in the race and she continued to campaign. Those efforts helped Edwards compete with Obama and Clinton, despite their wide leads in fundraising, in the leadoff Iowa caucuses. He finished second there, but quickly faded and won only 26 delegates before exiting the race at the end of January. Now some of those delegates have already moved to new allegiances, and Edwards' superdelegates and staffers - no longer willing to wait - are picking sides. "I'm, of course, a friend of John Edwards, but we did not consult on this," said Rep. David Price, who represents Edwards in Congress, as he endorsed Obama this week. "I'm acting on my own in this respect."
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#1. To: Ferret Mike (#0)
I don't know why he is not being more helpful - to someone.
'Individuals should not take responsibility for their own defense. That’s what the police are for. ... If I oppose individuals defending themselves, I have to support police defending them. I have to support a police state.”' Alan Dershowitz
He is a decent man and I like him allot. I would like to see him commit to Obama too and I feel that would be more likely then him supporting Hil. But I respect him keeping his space with so much happening in his life right now with his wife's medical problems. Also he obviously wants to move into 1600 Pennsylvania himself, and I respect how difficult the results of the primary season have been for him to deal with. Whatever he does I'll respect. He's owed that much.
Someone commented earlier "so what happens in 2012?" I commented that Edwards would be re-elected. I believe whoever wins the Dem nomination will choose Edwards as VP, and that team will absolutely slaughter, as in landslide, McCracked. Somehow, the potus will leave office early (due to impeachment: via lack of leadership, poor character...pretty obvious in both people...such as dishonesty, false flag evidence, treason) leaving Edwards in as potus and re-elected in 2012...because he will do Great things once in office. One of those silly things you'd predict if you were writing a book or placing a bet in Vegas. Anything is possible in this nutcase world. The point is, it won't really matter anyhow since all 3 are members of the same CountryClub. They'll just be a face...a marionette...moving to the tug of the hidden fingers and speaking with the words of hidden faces....except perhaps for the one they didn't expect..the VP? Sounds like a cool movie to me... This plot idea Copyright 2008 IndieTX. /lol
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition "Corporation: An entity created for the legal protection of its human parasites, whose sole purpose is profit and self-perpetuation." © IndieTx you make a good case, I agree
'Individuals should not take responsibility for their own defense. That’s what the police are for. ... If I oppose individuals defending themselves, I have to support police defending them. I have to support a police state.”' Alan Dershowitz
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I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs. Thomas Jefferson, Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin (1802)
FOOMCROTFLMFAO!!!!!! Yeah that scenario is about as likely as 25 year old brunette knocking on my front door right now wanting me to cook her dinner!!!! NAKED!
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition "Corporation: An entity created for the legal protection of its human parasites, whose sole purpose is profit and self-perpetuation." © IndieTx Well, if that happens ... shoot first and ask questions later ... she's a fed.
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs. Thomas Jefferson, Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin (1802)
No better way to snoop than to be invited in.
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition "Corporation: An entity created for the legal protection of its human parasites, whose sole purpose is profit and self-perpetuation." © IndieTx Everytime I read an article about the cops finding drugs in a car traveling I- 40 near my place, they will maintain the individual gave officers permission to search the vehicle. Right ... now they bring out a dog that should it bark the car gets towed ... hahahaha ... fucking dogs making arrests of people .... we gotta be losing our minds.
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs. Thomas Jefferson, Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin (1802)
I don't either. The point is, it won't really matter anyhow since all 3 are members of the same CountryClub. Agreed. Edwards has been cagey.. so who knows?
As a country, the USA has deeply injured the world and it's a national obligation to right that wrong as much as possible. For us to try to safeguard our 2nd Amendment rights at the expense of lives of innocents worldwide doesn't fly in my book. -- Pinguinite http://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=78060&Disp=44#C44
#2. To: robin (#1)
Obama for president 2008
#3. To: Ferret Mike, peppa, noone222, jethro tull, christine (#0)
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I could be wrong but I just don't see repukicrats showing up to vote for McCracked. But you can bet every registered D in the country, including some people in graves, will show up to vote. 
"There is no 'legitimate' Corporation by virtue of it's very legal definition and purpose."
-- IndieTx
#4. To: Ferret Mike (#2)
Whatever he does I'll respect. He's owed that much.
#5. To: IndieTX (#3)
This plot idea Copyright 2008 IndieTX.
#6. To: noone222 (#5)
(Edited)
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"There is no 'legitimate' Corporation by virtue of it's very legal definition and purpose."
-- IndieTx
#7. To: IndieTX (#6)
that scenario is about as likely as 25 year old brunette knocking on my front door right now
#8. To: noone222 (#7)
shoot first and ask questions later ... she's a fed.
"There is no 'legitimate' Corporation by virtue of it's very legal definition and purpose."
-- IndieTx
#9. To: IndieTX (#8)
#10. To: IndieTX (#3)
I could be wrong but I just don't see repukicrats showing up to vote for McCracked.
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