BEEN THERE, DONE THAT - THANKS ANYWAY
June 6th, 2008, 10:05 am · Post a Comment · posted by Dan Lehr
Former Senator John Edwards has ruled out being Barack Obama’s running mate.
Speaking to reporters in Spain, Edwards says he had the privilege of running on the Democratic ticket in 2004 — and is not interested in repeating the experience.
Edwards says Obama should select someone who genuinely shares his goals and governing style.
The North Carolina Democrat does say he’ll campaign “very hard” to help Obama win the presidency. Edwards says there are a lot of issues they both care deeply about.
Edwards dropped out of the presidential race in late January.
Knew this would happen a long time ago. It’s an unwritten rule of presidential politics: never ever put a person on your ticket if they’ve been on a losing ticket before. It’s also the reason you won’t see Joe Lieberman be McCain’s running mate.
So who will Obama pick? I’m going out on a limb to say that of all the names being bandied about right now, he will choose someone who we haven’t heard yet. We’ll see.
