Nancy Pelosi favors Edwards as Obama's vice president

And for vice president? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi continues to tout Edwards.

"I've always tried to encourage Mr. Edwards to run for leadership or something," Pelosi told reporters Thursday. "I think he's an extraordinarily talented person."

Wait a moment. Didn't former Sen. John Edwards run for leadership or something four years ago? When he sought the Democratic nomination for president and ended up the vice presidential nominee with John Kerry? And again, earlier this year, when Edwards tried again for his own nomination?

"We're talking about Chet Edwards, a member of Congress from Texas, who represents Waco," Pelosi clarified.

In fact, the nine-term Democrat also represents Crawford, which makes him President Bush's congressman. Pelosi sent reporters a-Googling earlier this week when she mentioned the Texan as a possible running mate for Barack Obama. She was asked about the choice again during her weekly news conference.

"He is really one of the finest people I've ever served with, and he demands the respect of his colleagues, I could say, on both sides of the aisle," she said.

Matthew Hay Brown has the rest of this intriguing tale over at the Swamp.

-- Andrew Malcolm

Photo credit: Office of Rep. Chet Edwards

Comments

[J]

Who cares what she thinks... anyone as totally useless and weak as Nancy Pelosi should not even be in government.

[A. Mary Williams]

Obama can demonstate to the world how tought he really is by how he treates Mrs. Clinton's request for him to payoff her political debts.

Obama can tell Hillary Clinton the following:

Mrs. Clinton, you ran a very able campaign and I am stronger because of you. I sincerely appreciate your efforts. Presently, I am in the middle of my campaign for President of the United States , and when it is over, I will be more than willing to help you raised the money to pay your political debts.
I do appreciate what you are doing for the Demoncratic Party and hope you will continue. If you decide not to support the Demoncrates I would be disappointed. I do not think, doing these hard times in the United States, it would benefit you to defect form the party.
Again, I say to you, AFTER the campaign is over, I will be delighted to help you pay your political debts.