“Bush Questions Edwards’s Qualifications for Top Job,” by Mike Allen, Washington Post, 8 July, p. A2.
I think it’s a real mistake for Bush to go after Edwards as unfit for the top job, because all he can offer in return is the image of Dick Cheney as president, which I don’t think would go over too well with just about anyone—Democrat or Republican.
Attacking Edwards is a loser for Republicans. No one votes on the VP, they vote on the top of the ticket. Veeps can only hurt, not really help, and right now I’d be careful to keep Cheney in the shadows of this election if I were Bush. Have him speak strictly to the faithful, but do not invite comparisons to Edwards. If the big ticket with Cheney is foreign policy experience, then his record in this administration should be kept quiet by the Bush campaign.
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