Reply #17: Hold on a minute

[ihavenobias]

it's not like the ONLY skill you have as a (great) trial lawyer is being a fighter, right? Don't you have to *persuade and unify a diverse jury* for example?

Simply becoming a lawyer requires a lot of hard work and a large knowledge base. I think he clearly has a level of intellectual curiosity along with a powerful message. And honestly, a lot depends on how he'd surround himself with. Put a foreign policy expert like Biden in the cabinet along with someone like Richardson for all his experience together with the Edwards vision and platform for America and voila, good things happen.

People (myself included) often forget that it's about an entire, large administration, not just ONE person. That one person will NEVER be a subject matter expert or perfectly skilled in ALL possible areas. Some are better than others, yes, but you get the idea.