Edwards says he wants smaller groups

[jsamuel]

For his part, Edwards told reporters in Iowa that he wasn't in favor of barring anyone from future gatherings. Rather, he said he wanted to see them separated into two groups of four each, chosen randomly.

"The result would be that we would have a much more serious discussion and people would actually be able to see what the differences are between us," he said.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8QBT8HG0&show_article=1

I think Gravel shouldn't be there, but anyway...


So John Edwards wanted to break up into 2 groups of 4 so that more could be covered.

I guess everyone just jumped to conclusions. All the other reduction talk was about the debates themselves.

[durrrty libby]

1. Dennis is just looking for some attention and he got it

[jillan]

2. Again - It is NOT up to Edwards

Is his ego really that big that he thinks he can run the debates?

I bet when he was a kid, he would change the rules to a game to make himself win.

[Colobo]

3. LOL! The lawyer in him...

[draft_mario_cuomo]

13. Why is Obama the lawyer silent on the rigging of debates?

Warren Ashe (D-Virginia)
Randy Crow (D-North Carolina)
Laura Davis-Aaron (D-Tennessee)
Michael Forrester (D-Colorado)
Dan Francis (D-New York)
Alfonzo Jones (D-California)
John Joseph Kennedy (D-Georgia)
Karl Krueger (D-South Dakota)
Sal Mohamed (D-Iowa)
James Prattas (D-Hawaii)
Ole Savior (D-Minnesota)

http://www.politics1.com/p2008.htm

[jsamuel]

4. that is probably why he wanted to talk to other candidates about it

[jillan]

7. What? Changing the rules of the game so he could win?

[LittleClarkie]

10. It seems like he's just making a suggestion

I don't see anything in the statement that implies that he thinks he's running things.

[draft_mario_cuomo]

12. Why are the current 8 rigging the debates?

They are excluding these 11 Democratic candidates for president.

Warren Ashe (D-Virginia)
Randy Crow (D-North Carolina)
Laura Davis-Aaron (D-Tennessee)
Michael Forrester (D-Colorado)
Dan Francis (D-New York)
Alfonzo Jones (D-California)
John Joseph Kennedy (D-Georgia)
Karl Krueger (D-South Dakota)
Sal Mohamed (D-Iowa)
James Prattas (D-Hawaii)
Ole Savior (D-Minnesota)

http://www.politics1.com/p2008.htm

[flpoljunkie]

5. It took him all day to come up with this explanation? Pathetic--altho Hillary's worse trying to

"throw him under the bus." I expect Edwards is furious with her.

[jsamuel]

6. eh, that is expected from Clinton, but Edwards was in Iowa and his campaign

couldn't answer this for him. He had to do it, that means the media had to wait until they could ask him questions, then report it back, then print it.

[maximusveritas]

8. Get your spin straight

Was he trying to reduce the number of candidates or the number of debates? Edwards seems to be saying candidates. If anything, splitting into groups like that will increase the number of debates.

[TeamJordan23]

9. I wonder who he would want in the 'serious' group debate? Sucks how Hillary put blame on him tho. nt

[slipslidingaway]

11. Edwards "We should try to have a more serious and

a smaller group"

Edwards "And they're not serious"

????

The word serious can clearly be heard when watching the videos, both the ABC video and the Fox video.

Who are the serious candidates that Edwards refers to in this statement?


Nice try by Edwards, but I'm still not buying that bridge.