I’ve blogged before about my take on the democratic candidates and have essentially decided that I would vote for a Clinton/Obama ticket (although, in all honesty, I’m not sure what I’d think of an Obama/Clinton ticket…). However, recent articles and events have brought up a new candidate for me: Elizabeth Edwards.
John Edwards does not impress me (he does not depress me, either, so I guess he might be a lesser evil, if it came down to that), but I keep hearing about his wife. Maybe that’s because of the sites & kinds of news I frequent, but she seems like an awesome choice for president. Edwards takes on Coulter regarding comments Coulter made about Edwards’ husband and totally became a woman-crush for me. But she seems to be taking a much more active role in her husband’s campaign than is usual: she showed up & gave a speech to Planned Parenthood on behalf of her husband. Is this him simply trying to distance himself from touchy topics (”those are my wife’s views”) or will we be getting a twofer (like with the Clintons) with the Edwards?
This interview with her, however, cinched it for me: Green party affiliation aside, I would vote for Elizabeth Edwards.
2 responses so far ↓
1 Elise // Aug 7, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Thanks for the link, I enjoyed reading the article. That was the first I’ve ever read about Elizabeth aside from her communications to A.C.
An already professionaly-accomplished woman with that type of position (president) and two kids under the age of 10 would set an incredible model and standard for the working mothers (and someday-to-be working mothers) in this country. Especially if Mr. Edwards would take over the bulk of the parenting role during his wife’s term. That in itself would thrill me (one of the likely someday-to-be working mothers)!
Miko, what are your reservations about Obama/Clinton (as opposed to Clinton/Obama)?
2 Miko // Aug 8, 2007 at 8:00 am
I think it’s mostly an experience issue. As charismatic as Obama is (and he is!), I know that Clinton has diplomatic & political experience stemming from both her time as a senator and her time as First Lady. I really know very little about Obama’s experience (and have not taken the time to investigate, which is my own fault) prior to his election as senator. New blood is often very good for politics, but I think that the office of President may be above that.
Then, there’s the fundamental problem with an O/C or a C/O ticket: in either case, you’re denigrating a class of people to the not-really-a-job position of VP. Either Clinton’s not worth as much as a man because she’s a woman or Obama’s not worth as much as a person because he’s black. And I really feel like that’s something that it will be very difficult to get away from, regardless of the ordering of names on a ticket.
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