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 Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry

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To: ChinuSFO who started this subject6/30/2004 2:52:25 PM
From: CalculatedRisk of 81567
 
The evidence for Edwards
From Steve Turnham
CNN Political Unit
Wednesday, June 30, 2004 Posted: 10:54 AM EDT (1454 GMT)
cnn.com 

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- John Kerry is in Pittsburgh today, with the selection of vice president his most pressing concern.

Aides say he'll be working on his convention acceptance speech (writing longhand a la Clinton) and making phone calls.

But the veepstakes is obviously top of his mind, with evidence mounting for John Edwards as the leading choice.

Edwards' position at the top of the short list was bolstered by a CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll, which found him the clear pick of voters, and an AP survey of state Democratic party chairs who also put the North Carolina senator on top of the heap. (Edwards tops Kerry veep poll)

It's a familiar position for Edwards, but he has good cause to be a little wary.

One veteran of the 2000 vice presidential selection process tells The Grind that the weekend before Al Gore chose Joe Lieberman, Edwards was told by Gore's campaign chairman Bill Daley that it was down to him and one other candidate.

Back then Edwards' biggest liability was the fact that he'd served just a couple of years in the Senate.

In an interview with The Chicago Tribune, he recalled a tough interview with Gore.

"The first words out of his mouth were, 'How would I explain to the world that I put somebody a heartbeat from the presidency who's been in office for a year and a half?' " Edwards told the Trib's Jeff Zeleny.

This time Edwards is working hard to convince Kerry he's the right man for the job, by effectively carrying the presumed nominee's message to the swing states and beyond, and more importantly, by raising a ton of money.

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