Well, sure. I certainly wouldn't ever suggest that President Romney's anything other than a terrifying prospect, only that he scares me somewhat less than Giuliani or McCain or Huckabee.
Romney, being an empty suit, will be no better than the Republican Party as an institution -- which is to say that he will be a monster -- but maybe also no worse. The others are all insane in highly individualized ways, so they will be bad in all the ways you would expect of a Republican, plus they may also bomb Mecca or outlaw atheism or destroy the sun.
But I'm going to drop this line of argument now because it's making even me uncomfortable -- please don't take silence as rudeness.
mayakda @27:
Also, Yglesias has been making the case that Romney would be the least worst President of the Republican candidates -- not that he wouldn't be utterly dreadful, but maybe ex ante likely to be less apocalyptically so than any of his rivals -- and so democrats can vote for him in the primary both strategically and in good faith.
There's just something about Senator President that makes me want to vote for him, and I don't know what it is.
He seems so electable, so right.
I think it's charisma.
To be fair to Edwards, his second impulse seems to have been more charitable:
Later, at another campaign stop, Edwards appeared to adopt his wife's more sympathetic tone.
"These campaigns are very grueling," he said, "they're tough and difficult affairs, running for president is a tough process."
(from the same abc news link)
Given the pressure they're all under, I can't begrudge them a bit of knee-jerk nastiness about each other. I don't think this necessarily indicates any deep and fixed flaw in Edwards' character.
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