Third Nationally, Number One in Iowa

Did anyone else see John Edwards on Meet the Press Sunday? A surprising number of answered questions. Usually candidates stammer and avoid on Meet the Press - like Joe Biden. Edwards had his share of "there is no answer to that question" 's, but on the whole he did answer yes or no to tough questions. Among them, Homosexuals serving in the military (yes,) Universal Health Care and whether he would raise taxes to do it (yes, and yes,) whether Joe Biden is a moron (an unfortunate no,) and whether Hillary Clinton is a vicious bitch (perhaps the only lie of the interview, no.)

John is always good in an interview, and a prepared speech. I've liked him since 2002 when his Presidential aspirations were first made apparent. My problem with John is that he doesn't do well in debate situations. I watched the 2004 VP debates hoping to see the fresh faced, future of the party candidate knock the socks off of a creepy vampire, dark overlord who wears his disdain for the American People on his evil death mask know as his face. But Mr. Cheney really ran ruff shot over the best looking man in American politics. Worse, when president Bush took a shot at the DEMS nominee, insinuating that John lacked the skills to be president, there was no response from either Frankenstein or the Boy Wonder.

This season John is trying to display a more "pissed off" tone. But I'm not clears as to whether it is real, or just a calculation. It is usually apparent when anyone asks him about the 2004 election. Like Chris Matthews: "Did you like running for VP?" Edwards (wrinkles his face)"Not particularly." And I don't remember where it came from, but Russert ran a clip of someone asking John if he could have beaten Bush in 2004, the answer "Yes." I like pissed off, it appeals to me. Perhaps it makes me feel like the candidates are real people, or that they are just more like me. If it's real, and young John can mix his inspirational rhetoric with a healthy dose of "you motherfuckers have driven this country down a road of self destruction and I am not going to be nice, cause you don't deserve it," then he might be able to pull me away from the almost Super Humanly positive Senator Barak Obama. Best of luck John.