In Madrid, Spain, today, John Edwards said he was not interested in becoming the Democratic Vice Presidential candidate. "I already had the privilege of running for vice president in 2004, and I won't do it again," he was quoted as saying.
That's a relief. Of course, no one else was interested in having him run again either. He did a lousy job four years ago, and carried...let's see, how many states for John Kerry? Oh. Right. NONE.
But at least he followed up his non-interest in becoming VP with an oddly phrased, and possibly though unintentionally contradictory, compliment about Barack Obama. Edwards praised Obama as a "visionary," the El Mundo interview said. Then Edwards added, "We don't live in a dream world and we have a lot of work to do." I have no doubt Edwards thinks highly of Obama; that statement is confusing at best, however. He needs to choose his words more carefully.
Ted Strickland, Democratic governor of Ohio and a very strong supporter of Hillary Clinton, is one of the first Clinton supporters to come out for Obama. I've been a fan of Strickland on the ticket because he would help Obama carry Ohio, likely a "must" state for the Democrats to carry. If Obama does put Strickland on as VP, it will be a doubly good move then: moving Ohio's electoral votes closer to the Democratic column AND mollifying Hillary and thus helping to bring her supporters closer to supporting Obama.
Of course, I also like several other VP candidates. Edwards is not one of them. But at least he has an inadvertent sense of humor.
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