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Three years. so lets be clear about what republicans are thinking. well always have a republican governor who will always pick a republican replacement who could then serve out the term. no special election to mess things up. but at one point there will be a democratic governor making the choice and then what? i take you back to 2004. massachusetts democrats were panicked that if john kerry won the presidency, mitt romney would be there to pick a successor in the senate. so what happened? democr...

The last time he ran for office. that hes lost touch with the electorate of the 21st century so we decided to look at recent presidential nominees to see how long they waited between runs for office. look at this list of folks. michael dukakis, bill clinton, george w. bush and john kerry, all presidential nominees. they all ran for president just two years after winning reelection for either governor or senator. of course, bush and clinton went on to win the presidency, dukakis and kerry lost. n...

Decision not to run for reelection or by the time that happened do you think he already knew he wasnt going to try to get reelected? >> i dont think it had anything to do with that. even early on, although its very popular now, it was 40-40 in favor and against, the rest undecided, i think there were other factors. i dont think he ever intended to run for reelection, he wanted to get on the national stage, run in 08, a lot depended what happened with john kerry in 04, once kerry lost, he was off...

The book is the first several years i worked for him, the first two years was immediately after their son wade had passed. john edwards was a good man. i want to tell youç, i truly loved him and his family. we got to be close. we vacationed together. we went to final four together. you name it. we were close. somewhere along the lines of when -- after kerry lost, you know, he was no longer serving in the senate. for two or three years he traveled the world, visiting with billionaires in russia...

Beginning and the end. john edwards at the beginning was the person i believed him. its right after his first son had died. he was a good man. >> when he ran for president the first time. >> when he was first elected to the senate up until when he ran the first time. he was a great guy to be around. wed go to basketball games. our kids played together. we vacationed today. i truly -- our families were very tight. and then as the years kept on going on, being -- theres a fine line and its hard to...

Hard worker. within nine years he was three times the viable vp pick, two times a viable presidential pick. >> you are building him up again. >> the truth of what i write in the book is the first several years i worked for him, the first two years was immediately after their son wade had passed. john edwards was a good man. i truly loved him and his family. we got to be close. we vacationed together. we went to final four together. you name it. we were close. somewhere along the lines of when --...

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