Another class act by John Edwards

[question everything]

He relinquished his seat in the Senate, thus showing that holding a public office is not a security blanket that one has to hold until anther is available.

Sure, it is tempted to run when one already holds office, benefiting from the power of incumbency and running on a track record. But if you are elected to another office, what, then, happens to the one you are leaving?

This is especially apparent in California, where so many offices are under term limit. So one get elected to another office, then the taxpayers, of course, have to pay for special election to fill the post just left, often by another office holder who, also gets termed out and so it goes.

[RummyTheDummy]

1. It might have been classy.....

But it was a mistake. Now where the hell does he go? The guy was a little too green this time around (I voted for him but wished he would have waited to run) and now he has no vehicle for 2008 should Kerry lose.

[question everything]

2. There are many ways to stay in the public eye

and not necessarily as a legislator, and I, too, voted for him and gave him money.

Look at Nader or at Jesse Jackson. While not necessarily men to follow they show you how you can be in the public eye. As a matter of fact, if he can get an executive post with a public institution he can develop executive track record that we often seek with generals and with governors.

[Streetdoc270]

3. What source please....

I have not heard (or seen ) any thing about Edwards relinquishing his seat. He has said that he will not seek re-election. Please post links to his statment.

[question everything]

4. Reported in several places. Here are samples

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/05/politics/main604419.shtml

3/5

That being said, it's not a foregone conclusion that the GOP will pick up all five seats being vacated by John Edwards of North Carolina, Fritz Hollings of South Carolina, Zell Miller of Georgia, Bob Graham of Florida and John Breaux of Louisiana.

Congressional scholar Norm Orstein of the American Enterprise Institute says that in South Carolina and North Carolina, Democrats will benefit from two strong candidates: Inez Tenenbaum and Erskine Bowles, respectively.

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http://www.wral.com/news/2898143/detail.html

3/4

Meanwhile, rumors continued to swirl about where Edwards goes from here, including -- until an Edwards spokesperson put it to rest -- a rumor that he might return to the U.S. Senate race.

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http://www.wral.com/news/2828957/detail.html

2/6

The race to replace John Edwards in the U.S. Senate is quietly building momentum. Two candidates have surfaced as front-runners, but they are saving the heavy hitting for the fall.

Democratic candidate Erskine Bowles and Republican candidate Richard Burr both want the Senate seat that John Edwards is leaving behind. They are pounding the political pavement at gatherings like Friday's Tobacco Growers meeting.

[robbedvoter]

5. About as classy as dropping before the polls closed. Another seat for GOP

Am I supposed to be impressed here? Or are you saying there won't be a difference? :shrug:

[DemDogs]

6. He did NOT drop out or intimate that on election night

So an aide said they were headed to Raleigh. How many aides are there? How's he supposed to stop that from happening? Is he supposed to gag them all until the polls close in California? He didn't even concede the Super Tuesday states until after Ohio closed. Give him a break. If you look at the Tuesday speech, I think you'll agree he did not withdraw then, he only conceded that Kerry had big wins without even saying where. Which, you might recall, CNN was saying anyway.