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Originally Posted by Axeman
My reasoning behind it was/is that without the experience of the senate and being on some committees his resume is lacking and sets himself up to be beaten in the GE and also my fear is/was if he got in by some chance that his lack of experience and learning on the job would cause a series of missteps opening the door up for being outed after 4 years and ruining what I thought would be a sure lock for two terms and strong legacy when the time was right.
Honestly I didn't think he would get this far, and thought he would get beat up on his lack of record and a few various things like voting present and such and thought it also would be stupid to go thru that just for the sake of doing it and therefor potentially jeopardizing his potential in 4 to 8 years.
Now he hasn't been beaten up bad at all so far, but its coming from the Right soon enough and I am not sure he has enough to fight it. Again we'll see.
I'd hate to see him fail in his bid and get beaten up or get tossed in 4 years and waste the potential he had to lead for a strong 8 after a solid bid in the meantime as a potential Vice.
In some ways I was kinda hoping Edwards would win the primary and ask Obama to be his Vice.
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I agree with you. He's the media darling and the Right is going to pounce on him if he's nominated, and he lacks certain political experience. I also agree that if Edwards had won, it would give Obama experience as VP if he was chosen (although it's doubful because if he didn't run in this election it's unlikely Edwards would even know who Obama is - he was a virtual unknown). But that pre-condition didn't happen. It's only him and Hillary so he can either bow out now or go on and potentially lose once the knives come out. I really don't see an option for him except to stay in the race and hope for the best. Looking into the future for a 'time is right' moment may never come to pass; the political landscape is always changing.
Hillary could win or lose. If she wins she could be perceived as a good or bad President. If good, people would likely give her a second term. If bad, Dems will be out of office again for years with no chance for Obama (since his platform is virtually identical to Clinton's). McCain could win or lose. If he wins and is perceived as a good President, Repubs will get another term. If bad, it would be another year of Clinton vs Obama all over again, and competing with new candidates.
Running right now despite all his shortcomings just seems like the best option for him personally, because nobody knows what the future holds. What he knows is that people seem to be prepared to accept a Dem in office because of Bush.