WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former presidential contender John Edwards said on Friday he would not be Democratic front-runner Barack Obama’s running mate, but did not rule out taking a role in an Obama administration.

“Won’t happen,” Edwards told NBC’s “Today” program when asked if he would be Obama’s vice presidential pick. “This is not something I’m interested in.”

and senator dole was just here in downtown raleigh on the back of a motorcycle during the parade for the troops in downtown raleigh on april 28. saw it with my own two peepers….

@5 teecee

Can you please send me the link to where you got your information cause I’ve searched long and hard and can’t find any truth in what you say…True indeed he lost the 2000 election but that doesn’t make him less of a better candidate…It is negative people like you, that try to put a damper on a hopeful situation…and Hillary as VP..come on that will never work.

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look, i want sen Obama to win,but if he makes a mistake he wont. remember we have only had 2 black senators and 2 black govenors in the last 100 yrs, so take off your rose colored glasses.

you dont need a link, you are chatting with someone who is very familar with NC politics. you might want to search the nc paper editorials. with each election they list vulnerable or weak elected officials. Edwards was on that list. Now, being a from nc, i can tell you the pulse of the people. i having volunteered to worked on many electoral campaigns, ranging from local to state wide. vice chaired my local district and youth voters for the democrat party back in the day.

N. Carolina, like many southern states, is what we call a switch party state, meaning that it vote republican presidentially and senatorial, but votes democratically for state wide elected positions. to win southern states one must both appeal to the traditional conservative democrat and republican voters. did you know that as much as 7% of the black voters vote republican because of their faith views on religion, homosexuality, and abortion ? i learned that back when i was a high school kid working for jim hunts campaign against jesse helms. Edwards did not come back visit nc once he got elected, he wanted to be president and the republicans saw this and painted him as such. Elizabeth Dole has been listed as a weak/ beatible senator because she doesnt come back to nc to vist, give pork barrel, etc….

“not one southern state” teecee did u not notice that Obama was successful in the south already?
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he was successful in the DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY, not the GENERAL ELECTION. the general election will be in the fall of 2008 !!!!!

Jess Jackson won southern states during the primary back in 84 as well. for Sen. Obama to be successful hes going to have to have someone on the ticket who will counter the southern evangelical voters who are both [black, white, and Hispanic]who vote not based on reality but a moral conscience.

This might can work.

I’m not feeling Edwards…this ticket in not electable.

Edwards literally has NO experience.

I would prefer a running mate who had military experience. This would allow Barak to appeal to independents, republicans and middle of the road voters.

Edwards doesn’t represent change. He represents special interests.
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What do you mean by experience? No one has presidential experience who hasn’t been president and the same goes for VP.

As for Edwards representing special interest, that is not true. Edwards has been very outspoken against special interest and like Barack he didn’t accept any money from them. As we all know Hillary is all about special interest and now they have left her high and dry and her campaign is in debt as a result.