Litigating Circumstances
May 3rd, 2008I have some friends over and despite the fact that this is not a political gathering one of them made the point that John Edwards would be the strongest candidate for President against John McCain. I ask, “Are you kidding me? He’s a trial lawyer whose homestate would have rejected him in 2000 had he stood for re-election. An Edwards-McCain race would be disastrous, like Bush 41 versus Dukakis Zzzzzz.” This isn’t the first time I’ve had this conversation with someone, and I know what everyone says: he’s young, Southern, charismatic and passionate, but they forget that he is sanctimonious, repetitive and a known loser who also happens to be famous for his work in one of the most unpopular fields in America. That is not a winning recipe. So my friend says, “Over at Slate — your favorite magazine — they wonder where he is when he can change the race and get one of the candidates to promise to put him on the Supreme Court!” What do I think, she wants to know. I say, No one wants Edwards’ endorsement that bad because he isn’t fit to be a Supreme Court Justice and he probably isn’t all that powerful in North Carolina. He does have nice hair, though.