If Edwards had emerged as HRC's main opponent would she be doing the inexperienced bit on him?

[book_worm]

the red phone and all that? After all Edwards only elective experience is a single term in the US Senate. In '04 when he ran for president he was in his first term as a US Senator. Just how does Hillary decide who is experienced enough to be president?

[MNDemNY]

1. Nope.

[book_worm]

3. what in her kitchen sink would she throw at him?

[alphafemale]

9. People on her "staff"would suggest he couldn't concentrate on being President because...

...his wife had incurable cancer and might possibly be a widowed father with two young children at some point in four years.

Do you think I'm kidding?

The Clinton machine is a filthy one. I see that now.

I'll have to vote for her if she wins the nomination.

But it will be with a very heavy heart.

[K Gardner]

24. She would have done this to him and more. I hope Edwards supporters don't doubt that for

a minute. She was already gearing up her machine to destroy him when he dropped out.

[anonymous171]

2. It would've been "Foreign Policy and terrorists" 24/7

[TriMetFan]

4. Nope!

And you know why?????? Because Edwards would be willing to go hand to hand with Hillary about the issues. That is the difference.

[book_worm]

6. Hillary doesn't talk issues her strategy is to divide and destroy to win the nomination.

You can bet if Edwards were strongly challenging her and ahead she would try and destroy him too.

[TriMetFan]

8. No. They would be talking about the issues and I

think that Edwads would have won already if Obama would have not ran. Just my .2.

[pdxmom]

5. I think she would. Why wouldn't she? He would have less experience

than she claims. You go with what you have.

[TriMetFan]

7. I don't think she would have.

Edwards was willing to talk about the issues, which Obama just talks in circles (preach) "Hope, Chance, Hope, Change ect............".

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

10. If he was beating her? Yes.

Did ya hear about his haircuts?

[Inspired]

17. Funny how we didn't hear about her more expensive ones. n/t

[metalluk]

11. The inexperience thing

is not a "bit."

Edwards has run a state as its chief executive. Obama has run a classroom and nothing more.

Obama's resume is wafer thin and any reasonable and objective person is going to recognize that. You could argue that there are enough other advantages with Obama to offset his dearth of high-level experience, but when you try to dismiss the issue, you simply reveal that bias has clouded your judgment.

[frazzled]

13. Edwards was the governor of North Carolina?

Holy crap--I never knew that!

[bklyncowgirl]

16. Really, what state was that?

Edwards was never a governor, in fact, except for his own presidential campaigns, he never ran much of anything. Edwards had one term in the Senate. That's it. Before that the man was a trial lawyer and a damn good one who's claim to fame was getting victims of corporate malfeasance very large settlements.

By comparison Obama with his half term in the Senate and many more in the Illinois legislature comes out pretty good.

Sure Clinton would be calling him inexperienced. I daresay she'd also be calling him a lawyer.

[City Lights]

20. You're confused, metalluk. "Senator" Edwards means he was a senator.

He has never been the chief executive ("Governor") of any state, but nice try.

[frazzled]

12. Of course she would

After all, he has had less experience than Obama even in government. And he had no experience in either foreign policy or armed services (he never sat on one of those committees). I guess the only difference would be that it's harder to make people believe that it matters as much for a white guy.

[Vinca]

14. Yep. She'd be trashing him and playing the "I feel pretty" clip

on her web site. No one is safe from the Clinton/Republican campaign machine.

[Kahuna]

15. You bet your sweet bippy she would. nt

[dkf]

18. Remember this?

Hello, This is the Hillary Clinton for President Campaign.

Before you vote on Saturday, you should know that John Edwards voted for permanent trade relations with China. That’s right, John Edwards voted for the bill that cost thousands of jobs. Like the ones in the textile mills he talks about so much down here.

You should also know that John Edwards made nearly a half a million dollars working for a Wall Street investment fund. A fund that’s been profiting on foreclosing on the homes of families; including 100 homes right here in South Carolina. That’s according to The State newspaper. Here in South Carolina, Edwards says he’s one of us, but up on Wall Street he was just another one of them.

Can you trust John Edwards?

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0108/Clinton_robocalls_hit_Edwards.html

[stray cat]

19. Of course and probably also criticizing his house and haircuts

[Gore1FL]

21. Probably

because the strategy of the nomination phase of her campaign seems to center around the issues she wanted to build for a GE race against Rudy....

With no plan B (still) what could she do differently.

[dansolo]

22. Absolutely

Hillary wouldn't let Edwards stand in her way from the Presidency. If Edwards was in Obama's position, she'd be attacking him just as much.

[ClericJohnPreston]

23. If Edwards were running....period

we would all be in better shape. We would have a REAL Democrat, not two corporate right-wing candidates running.

Watching people frothing at the bit for a moderate "bi-partisan" ( read CONSERVATIVE ) candidate is laughable, if it weren't so pathetically sad.

Still, I'll take Hillary over Obama any day. The old lesser of two evils theory.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

25. yes she would

[City Lights]

26. Experience, among other things.

She'd probably call him an "ambulance chaser" too. There is no line she won't cross to win. :thumbsdown:

edited for typo