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  • ELVIS
    Banned
    • Dec 2003
    • 44120

    Edwards Emerging As First Choice

    May 19, 2004



    As headlines are monopolized by the latest angle on Iraqi prisoner abuse, Sen. John Kerry’s campaign has very quietly and very privately moved to pick his vice presidential candidate.
    Democratic sources in Washington tell NewsMax.com that Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina is the most likely choice, though the selection has not been finalized.

    Still, Democrats had hoped Republican John McCain would consider joining a fusion ticket headed by Kerry.

    But recently McCain emphatically told Tim Russert on “Meet the Press” that he would not under any circumstances join his Capitol Hill friend on the Democratic ticket.

    McCain’s unqualified “no, no and no” to Russert was meant to end the whirlwind of speculation about the titillating cross-party match-up that was fueled when he was asked earlier on ABC’s “Good Morning America” whether he would consider running with Kerry and replied, “Obviously, I would entertain it.”

    But the desire for McCain is smart politics. A poll conducted by Synavote in March asked potential voters who they felt should become president if something happened to Kerry. McCain led the pack of nine Democrats with 15 percent. A close second was John Edwards with 14 percent.

    Meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi of California, the House minority leader, reportedly urged Kerry friend James A. Johnson, who heads the Kerry Veep search, to act quickly and make the much anticipated selection by May 1. The rationale is to quickly field an attack dog who could effectively counter Vice-president Dick Cheney – leaving Kerry free to occupy the high ground.

    But Kerry won’t be rushed in his careful vetting process, and Pelosi’s recommended deadline has come and gone. Pundits familiar with the campaign’s thinking have suggested mid-May as the earliest potential date for an announcement, with sometime in June seen as more likely.

    Kerry’s taciturn posture on the subject of a running mate may spring from lingering annoyance with the way his name as a prospective vice-presidential candidate was released -- then summarily discarded in 2000 -- when Al Gore was looking for a running mate.



  • FORD
    ROTH ARMY MODERATOR

    • Jan 2004
    • 58785

    #2
    Newshax is PLAGARIZING now??

    They claim this is an article dated for May 19, which would be difficult enough, since it's the 18th now. But then the article itself quotes Nancy Pelosi as pressuring Judas to pick a VP "by May 1st" and then goes on to say Pundits familiar with the campaign’s thinking have suggested mid-May as the earliest potential date

    Obviously, Newshax doesn't care whether they print accurate info or not, as long as it slams Democrats.
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    • BigBadBrian
      TOASTMASTER GENERAL
      • Jan 2004
      • 10625

      #3
      Originally posted by FORD
      Newshax is PLAGARIZING now??

      They claim this is an article dated for May 19, which would be difficult enough, since it's the 18th now. But then the article itself quotes Nancy Pelosi as pressuring Judas to pick a VP "by May 1st" and then goes on to say Pundits familiar with the campaign’s thinking have suggested mid-May as the earliest potential date

      Obviously, Newshax doesn't care whether they print accurate info or not, as long as it slams Democrats.
      Much ado about nothing, FORD. Articles are routinely posted with dates for the next day. This was also showing what "should have been." You need to work on your reading comprehension my liberal friend.
      “If bullshit was currency, Joe Biden would be a billionaire.” - George W. Bush

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      • FORD
        ROTH ARMY MODERATOR

        • Jan 2004
        • 58785

        #4
        The date of May 19th is a minor point, but the rest of it clearly points to a recycled article, which NewsHax claimed as their own without bothering to change the dates. Since Judas has not picked a running mate, they could have just as easily changed the dates to June 1 and mid June, and nobody would have noticed the difference.

        BTW, Edwards isn't the one with the inside track for the VP nod at the moment. I won't say who is, but here's a clue.....



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        • John Ashcroft
          Veteran
          • Jan 2004
          • 2127

          #5
          Were you as upset with the NY Times?

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          • High Life Man
            Commando
            • Jan 2004
            • 1286

            #6
            I hope Edwards gets rid of that nasty growth on his lip. It's fucking gross.

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