tina wrote:
] ] By selecting Edwards, Kerry went with the smooth-talking
] ] Southern populist over more seasoned politicians in hopes
] ] of injecting vigor and small-town appeal to the
] ] Democratic presidential ticket.
]
] Totally works for me. I fall for the hot young populsits every
] damn time.

The gamble here is that Edwards will help pick up votes
in rural America, esp the South. Whatever you think of Cheny,
he is certainly a skilled and experienced politician -- probably
more so than Edwards.

bucy wrote:
] tina wrote:
] ] ] By selecting Edwards, Kerry went with the smooth-talking
] ] ] Southern populist over more seasoned politicians in hopes
] ] ] of injecting vigor and small-town appeal to the
] ] ] Democratic presidential ticket.
] ]
] ] Totally works for me. I fall for the hot young populsits
] every
] ] damn time.
]
] The gamble here is that Edwards will help pick up votes
] in rural America, esp the South. Whatever you think of Cheny,
]
] he is certainly a skilled and experienced politician --
] probably
] more so than Edwards.

No way, I totally disagree. Edwards dominated in every debate and was great at keeping the focus on the issues he was interested in. Cheney doesn't answer crucial questions and built his V.P. campaign last time on Unity- something he has worked hard against while in office. I think that Edwards' positive, calm demeanor is going to make Cheney look angry and patronizing.
But I guess we'll have to wait till the first debate- I'm stoked.

bucy wrote:
] Whatever you think of Cheney,
] he is certainly a skilled and experienced politician --
] probably more so than Edwards.

I don't think probably is the word. He /is/ a more experienced politician, and from that, more skilled. That's why Bush brought him on. Even if the question is of skill in the public market (ie, who will "win" the debates), I think the population is too polarized to matter. The point of Edwards is to make the Kerry ticket more palatable to those who are unsure if they are willing to vote for him. Consider, you've got some on the fence southern voters who still can't see themselves voting for a Northeast Yankee, who have bought into the notion that Bush is Texan... now in good faith they can vote for one of their own without also keeping Bush.

It just makes sense. Now, my question is -- Cabinet post for Clark? For Dean?

] By selecting Edwards, Kerry went with the smooth-talking
] Southern populist over more seasoned politicians in hopes
] of injecting vigor and small-town appeal to the
] Democratic presidential ticket.

[ I think this was the right choice... Edwards appeals to lots of people, for a variety of reasons, and I think this will provide more excitement than any other pairing.

Incidentally, Fox NEWS' first story on this was one which highlighted all the "bad" things they said about each other during the primaries. Insightful journalism or low-hanging fruit? -k]

k wrote:
] Incidentally, Fox NEWS' first story on this was one which
] highlighted all the "bad" things they said about each other
] during the primaries. Insightful journalism or low-hanging
] fruit? -k]

They're just being fair and balanced, dude.