I just got the word...it will be John Edwards

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

Dear god I hope so...

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

If it is Edwards this is good news for Bush.

The GOP is just gonna beat Kerry/Edwards all over the place with Tort Reform.

The biggest voter mover there is is when folks feel they have been ripped off.

Why are medical and car insurance premiums so high? - A HUGE chunk of it is "let's win the lottery" lawsuits, and EVERYBODY knows some $200 fender bender that turned into a $50K lawsuit.

I can see it now...

(Possible Bush Ad to be aired...)

<<video of couple at table paying bill>>

<<voice over>>

"President Bush has a plan to end abusive lawsuits that drive up your Medical and auto insurance costs....

<<image of $Milllion lawsuit headlines - "McDonalds sued for $2 Million over hot coffee".. etc...>>

But John Kerry opposed this relief that would  save ordinary americans thousands of dollars a year...

<<greyed out image of Kerry in smoke filled backroom>>

<<voice over>>

John Kerry got $?? million in special interest money from Trial Lawyers, and then OPPOSED a Bill which would have stopped the abuse by all of  Kerry's ambulance chasing friends

<<Back to warm fuzzy image of Bush, likely with Kids and workers, with his sleeves rolled up>>

<<voice over>>

Fortunately, George Bush wants your hard earned money to stay with you and has a plan to end this trial lawyer abuse,....

<<evil looking Kerry image>>

while John Kerry wants these $Billions to keep flowing to his ambulance chasing friends...

<<split screen of Warm Fuzzy Bush, vs Evil greyed out Kerry>>

America - It's time to choose...

George W Bush - proven Leadership for the American Future.

Edwards or not, tort reform simply will not be a major issue in this campaign.  If Bush centers his campaign around attacking a VP nominee rather than defending his own record, he and the American public are in totally different places.

And the "trial lawyer" charge has never stuck against Edwards because all his individual clients were so sympathetic and meritorious.

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

Thanks Mark!...you were way ahead of everyone on this.   But I'm sure you can understand why some people are skeptical...there's just so much bad information on the internet.

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

John Edwards is another Bill Clinton.  We'll find a scandal on him soon enough and hopefully something way more corrupt than using a cigar for sexual purposes.

This is doubtful....Clinton was beset by scandal rumors even while he was running for Governor, so its not surprising that some of those rumors turned out to be true.

No one has ever mentioned a scandal with regards to Edwards.   If they exisited, I think there would have at least been rumors during his Senate or Presidential campaigns...at least something on Drudge or Republican boards.  

Instead his reputation is spotless...meaning that perhaps, so it his real life.

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

The only people I've heard who are optimistic about Nethercutt's chances are partisan Republicans who pretty much have to say that.  And the recent polling does nothing to suggest that everyone else is wrong.