I don't have a problem with Edwards addressing Cheney's remarks

[CatWoman]

he did a quite effective job, IMO.

Why is the press clamoring for the response to come from Kerry, himself?

Edwards' response was great.

He made Cheney look like the POS that he is.

[Nite Owl]

1. When I heard it I thought

good move, Cheney is the vp so Edwards should be the one to respond. Amazing how they interpreted that.

[CatWoman]

2. *BAM*

:D

Great observation.

Mine too (tho I didn't voice it in the orginal post).

[Spiffarino]

3. VP to VP? Works for me.

Kerry doesn't want to get drawn in to Cheney's attack agenda. It's just another ploy to keep him on the defensive. All JK needs to do is make a flippant remark about it and go on unaffected. It's entirely appropriate for Edwards to handle the task, and he's up to it.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

4. Kerry has a potentially bigger hit if he responds to Bush's response

...kills two birds with one stone. But, as we know from earlier today, Bush won't even discuss it:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x770223

This is "Office Politics 101." The remarks came from the Vice President, Edwards is our next Vice President, he responded. It's also a lesson in Zen on Kerry's part...by NOT responding, he "responded" in a BIG way.

[annxburns]

5. Kerry did respond, media not reporting it.

Democrat John F. Kerry yesterday denounced as "outrageous and shameful" Vice President Cheney's statement that Americans risk another terrorist attack if President Bush is not reelected, as congressional Democrats assailed the credibility of a leading administration voice on national security.

Kerry, interviewed in Minnesota by a local television station, said Cheney's statement made it clear that the president and the vice president "will say anything and do anything in order to get elected."

"It is outrageous and shameful to make the war on terror an instrument of their politics," Kerry said. "I defended this country when I was a young man, and they chose not to. And I will defend this country as president of the United States."

from washingtonpost. Wait I'll get the link.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6629-2004Sep8.html

[Scorpious_Maximus]

6. To quote Nixon

"You don't shoot down in politics"


Edwards was the right man to respond.

IMO.

[Cha]

7. Besides they are the two

candidates for VP.