Monday, May 12, 2008

Obama/Edwards Ticket

I support and will vote for Barack Obama for President of the United States. I am tired of watching Senator Obama and Senator Clinton duke it out during their run for the Democratic nomination. Obama has the lead and seems to me, to be the clear cut winner, he just needs Hillary to back out, swallow her pride and help support her party. The Democratic Party as a whole is suffering while the two candidates fight over the one slot. Senator John McCain, the Republican candidate, is campaigning around the country like he is already the President. The Republican party has always been strong when it came to uniting as one party. The Dems need to come together and realize their goal of ousting the Republicans from the White House, form a unified party and point all their attention towards beating McCain, not each other. When Senator Obama does finally achieve the status of "Democratic Nominee", I believe he should ask Senator John Edwards to be his running mate as Vice Presidential Nominee. Senator Edwards was and still is a very popular speaker and Senator. He was widely popular around the country during his first run for office in 2004, running solo and then with Senator Kerry. He also had good numbers during this current election, but he gracefully bowed out, hoping his fellow Dems would follow suit once one of them came out ahead. He is very smart and is one of the most successful lawyers in North Carolina. He has always campaigned for ending poverty in America, he has also endorsed efforts to slow down Global Warming and amongst many other positions, is Pro-Choice. Although he has said he won't accept, if he is asked to run as VP, I think that if Obama calls and speaks to Edwards as eloquently as he does to the rest of America, Edwards would then change his mind and they can then change the world together.

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