I never liked Edwards. I always saw him as the political lightweight he was. You're right about his inability to get Kerry even close to Bush in any state. He didn't even run for Senate re-election in 2004 because he knew he'd lose. He barely won that seat. He was never a hero to the actual working class. He was just a protest vote in this primary.
Exit polls show Edwards qwould have won back his seat in 2004 by 8 points. Edwards was principled enough to not pull a Lieberman - and divide his loyalties to his constituents.
Hard to win NC when you dont staff it, dont campaign in it, dont run ads in it.
He won the Senate seat against an incumbant and the Helms political machine during the Clinton impeachment build-up in 1998 - having never before run for public office, and not taking a dime of PAC or lobbyist money.
Youre revisionist history to serve your bias is a really nauseating trait. You should have stopped at the first sentence.
