John and Elizabeth Edwards on Hardball
I wonder if anyone knows if Christopher Matthews' screwy interview style is in his contract or whether he thinks that's the proper way to interview. He wastes a lot of time with his pet theories or interrupting people I would prefer to hear in the first place. Be that as it may, John Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth, did an excellent job on Hardball. Here's the Kansas City Star AP story on the interview with John Edwards at UNC-Chapel Hill:
Actually, Edwards did a great deal better than OK. There's some depth and maturity to him this time around that I don't remember seeing two years ago. Edwards might have been ready to be president in 2004 and we just didn't quite see who he was, but this time he leaves no doubt that he can handle the job. And like Bill Clinton, John Edwards has finally broken the mold on how a Democrat should run for president. Too many Democrats who run for president are either not that serious and therefore can afford to be all over the map, or they practice too much triangulation. These days, there's something more focused and solid about Edwards; the media forgets too easily that Kerry made a good choice when he selected him.
There are a lot of potentially good candidates among the Democrats, and dynamics will change if Al Gore decides to run or somebody like Tom Vilsack suddenly finds his voice. But I'll be very surprised if Edwards doesn't run. If he does, he has as much chance of going all the way as Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama.
Back on the campus where he earned a law degree, former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards did OK Tuesday when challenged with a pop quiz on world leaders.
"This is ridiculous, but go ahead," Edwards said a live broadcast of MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews" from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Edwards did fine when asked for the leaders of Canada, Mexico, Iraq, Italy and Germany, correctly giving Matthews the last names of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, President Felipe Calderon, President Jalal Talabani, Premier Romano Prodi and Chancellor Angela Merkel.
"What don't we know here," a seemingly surprised Matthews said, to which Edwards quickly taunted, "Keep going."
Actually, Edwards did a great deal better than OK. There's some depth and maturity to him this time around that I don't remember seeing two years ago. Edwards might have been ready to be president in 2004 and we just didn't quite see who he was, but this time he leaves no doubt that he can handle the job. And like Bill Clinton, John Edwards has finally broken the mold on how a Democrat should run for president. Too many Democrats who run for president are either not that serious and therefore can afford to be all over the map, or they practice too much triangulation. These days, there's something more focused and solid about Edwards; the media forgets too easily that Kerry made a good choice when he selected him.
There are a lot of potentially good candidates among the Democrats, and dynamics will change if Al Gore decides to run or somebody like Tom Vilsack suddenly finds his voice. But I'll be very surprised if Edwards doesn't run. If he does, he has as much chance of going all the way as Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama.
Labels: 2008 presidential race, Elizabeth Edwards, John Edwards
posted by Poechewe at 10:56 PM
2 Comments:
Edwards was my first choice in '04. He has a groundedness, a depth of character, a comfort in his own skin, the confidence to accept and consider criticism and look at issues with fresh eyes. Forgive me if I have said this before: these are rare qualities. Reagan, Clinton, and Kennedy are previous examples. I wish he had a fuller resume, but his single term in the Senate is no lighter than Lincoln's. BushOne had a mammoth resume and was a mediocre President.
I think Obama may also have those qualities.
Terrell, you certainly have my permission to repeat it from time to time in the next two years.
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