Sen. John Edwards is expected to announce he will not run for Re-Election

The Hill ^ | September 3, 2003 | Peter Savodnik

[Pubbie]

North Carolina. Democratic Sen. John Edwards is expected to announce within two weeks that he will not run for re-election to the Senate so that he can focus on his struggling White House bid.

Last week, former South Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt (D), a key Edwards supporter, predicted Edwards would drop out of the Senate race when he officially declares his candidacy for president Sept. 16, in his hometown of Robbins, N.C.

Several Democrats may run if Edwards opts not to seek a second Senate term. They include former White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles, who lost to GOP Sen. Elizabeth Dole last year, and former state Rep. Dan Blue, who lost to Bowles in the 2002 primary. The Democratic nominee would likely face Republican Rep. Richard

Burr, who has close to $3.5 million in his campaign war chest.

[boomop1]

Iksome Bowels is having the runs.

[fieldmarshaldj]

"If Jack Woodcock works hard"

Oh, dear.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Drat. She's cute. Too bad she's a 'Rat. Did Ole Harve marry a model to get a kid this attractive ?

[AuH2ORepublican]

"Maybe newscaster Sonja Gantt will run :)"

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She's cute. Is she 30 years old yet? If so, she may run for the RATs and give Burr a run for his money. In elections, all else being equal, cute beats homely every day and twice on Sunday.

[JohnnyZ]

Now, c'mon, Sonja ain't all that. (She's not going to run, at least at this point, anyway. I don't know if she's interested in elective office but she'd start out in local govt, you gotta figure.) You should see the chicks over on FOX. Hello, Ashley Anderson . . .

not to mention Suzette Rhee and Patty Pan

I love watching the local news in Charlotte!!!

[JohnnyZ]

(To clarify, Patty Pan for another network, not FOX; Suzette is I'm not sure where these days)

[AuH2ORepublican]

That Ashley Anderson is a hottie! If she's a conservative, we should nominate her right away to run against Sue Myrick in the primaries. I'd much rather watch Ashley on C-SPAN than ol' Sue.

Speaking of hotties, have you seen Brooke Adams, who's running as an independent in the CA recall? Here's her site: http://www.brookeforgovernor.com/ She's fairly conservative for a Californian (from her site I think she's against partial-birth abortion and most gun-control, and for tax cuts). Someone should encourage her to run for Congress in Southern California (but not me, my wife wouldn't let me : ).

[JohnnyZ]

That Ashley Anderson is a hottie! If she's a conservative

Ashley is indeed a conservative feminist. Think Susan B. Anthony. Haven't pinned her down on abortion yet but she's solid on a lot of stuff, very New South, if you will.

[Impy]

Oh yeah.

Some much needed good news on the Senate front. Although I think Burr would beat Johnny Bravo it's easier if Johnny drops out.

[Rebelbase]

The only reason I bring up Jim Hunt is that he seems to be the perpetual politician type.

[Rebelbase]

Nice graphic.

[gitmo]

Darn. The headline excited me, until I saw that Irksome Bowels was thinking of running for his seat.

[votelife]

in light of the Estrada withdrawal and poor recruitment so far, this could be good news. Now if Graham of FL will do the same!

[votelife]

I saw a poll that said 48 Dashcle, 46 Thune. Not bad...

[PJ-Comix]

North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and maybe Florida are in play for Republican pickups in '04.

[Pubbie]

Bob Graham is done, he won't run, that's why he's been telling Florida Democrats to "Have an Organisation and be ready to run" for his Senate seat.

[votelife]

I could see Graham undercutting his FL Democrats, "for the sake of the party" ie the ability to ruthlessy destroy Bushes nominees.