If John Kerry runs for president in 2008, we may get to see a
great debate in the primaries. From the
News and Observer:
[Former DNC Chair Terry] McAuliffe recounts having dinner with Edwards after the 2004 election. He notes that Kerry sent Edwards to a lot of small markets, leading to criticism that Edwards was not visible enough.
"Terry, they wouldn't let me," Edwards told McAuliffe. "I wanted to go after the Swift Boat guys. I wanted to go after Bush. They wouldn't let me."
But when McAuliffe sat down with Kerry, the Massachusetts senator expressed frustration that Edwards did not campaign harder.
"Kerry said that Edwards told him several times, 'Watch the news tomorrow! I'm really going to go after Bush.' Then Kerry would watch the news the next night, and Edwards was nowhere to be seen," McAuliffe wrote.
"I also heard that Kerry believed Edwards had promised him that if Kerry wanted to run again in 2008, Edwards would sit the race out," said McAuliffe, who is supporting New York Sen. Hillary Clinton for president.
"But if you asked the Edwards people about it, they said there was no way any such promise has been made."
Wouldn't you love to see these two hash it out on stage in one of the early debates?