Edwards Says He Won't Run For VP Again
In Interviews With Newspapers In Spain, Former Candidate Rules Out Running On Ticket With Obama
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John Edwards, left, shakes hands with Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero before their meeting at the Moncloa Palace, in Madrid, Friday, June 6, 2008. (AP)
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"I already had the privilege of running for vice president in 2004, and I won't do it again," Edwards was quoted by El Mundo as saying. El Pais, the country's other leading daily, carried similar comments.
Edwards, who ran for vice president under Sen. John Kerry four years ago and was a presidential candidate in this year's Democratic primaries, had been named as a possible running mate for Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee.
Calls by The Associated Press to several Edwards aides went unanswered and independent confirmation of Friday's reports was not immediately possible.
Edwards praised Obama as a "visionary," the El Mundo interview said.
"We don't live in a dream world and we have a lot of work to do," Edwards was quoted as saying in comments the newspaper translated into Spanish. "But Obama's potential is unlimited."
Edwards, a former senator from North Carolina, was quoted by El Mundo as saying he would do anything possible to help the Obama campaign other than joining the ticket.
He also had kind words for vanquished Democratic hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton, whose supporters have suggested she and Obama would make a "dream ticket" if the Illinois senator selects her as his running mate.
But Edwards said only Obama could make such a choice, and he urged him to pick somebody who shared his goals and governing style.
"Hillary Clinton is a great force in the Democratic Party and in the United States, whether she aspires to the vice-presidency or to another position," he was quoted as saying. "She is an extraordinary woman, and the role she will play depends only on her and Sen. Obama."
While in Madrid, Edwards met briefly with Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and other senior officials. He spoke Thursday to a U.S. business group in Barcelona.
Edwards dropped out of the presidential race in late January following a spirited — if underfunded — populist campaign in which he pledged to stand up for the poor and powerless against corporate interests.
Both Obama and Clinton vigorously sought his endorsement, but he chose to stand on the sidelines until May, when he finally endorsed Obama.
Obama claimed the mantle as the likely Democratic nominee on Tuesday after the final primaries in Montana and South Dakota. Clinton is expected to formally concede on Saturday.
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See all 48 CommentsP.S. What a waste of oxygen Edwards is. Go back to your billion dollar farm, you lying hick.
Does anyone know what Sen. Obama''s position on reparations is????
My family came to the US around 1912 will be have to pay anything??
Posted by popstom1 at 02:25 AM : Jun 07, 2008
*** It is sad that people would rather vote for Juan Amnesty Mcain rather than Obama. Instead of a black president, people would rather have a white president that lets over 12 million mexican illegals to have amnesty and become citizens! I hate Juan Mccain!
Posted by trbundro1277 at 10:29 PM : Jun 06, 2008
He would have my vote for sure, and all of my family.
Posted by hbevis at 02:13 AM : Jun 07, 2008
*** Yeah, he will always have my vote, and I would also heavily try to influence my family and friends to vote for him also. It would be amazing how much of a Landslide victory us Democrats would have if Edwards was our presidential nominee!
Posted by trbundro1277 at 10:29 PM : Jun 06, 2008
He would have my vote for sure, and all of my family.
Posted by AaaBee at 06:21 PM : Jun 06, 2008
*** Juan MCcain supports amnesty. That is the biggest element of a platform you should look at. Even then democrats don''t want to give as many people amnesty as Juan Mcain would! Juan Mccain wanted to give over 12 million illegals amnesty, that is waaayyy too many! You would have to learn how to speak spanish if you want Juan Mccain as president. We will take president Obama, Mexico can have Juan Mccain as their president!
Posted by AaaBee at 05:50 PM : Jun 06, 2008
*** Mccain is just another bush, except Juan Mccain is even weaker on immigration! I hate Juan MCcain!
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