http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=6503525

Quote :

"RALEIGH -- Two-time presidential candidate John Edwards is continuing his return to the public stage by debating Republican strategist Karl Rove. The Commercial Finance Association said the two will hold a point-counterpoint discussion Thursday in San Francisco. They will discuss the election and the economy. It will be Edwards' second public event since he acknowledged in August that he had an affair back in 2006. His appearance in Indiana on Tuesday did not address the matter. Story continues below Advertisement Thursday's meeting puts an odd and perhaps contentious pair on the same stage. During his presidential campaign, Edwards repeatedly called for President Bush to fire Rove. When Rove resigned from the White House in 2007, Edwards issued a simple statement, saying "Goodbye, good riddance.""

Interesting.

11/13/2008 9:47:01 AM

Edwards is going to get raped.

I don't think he's a dumb guy, but Rove surely has more knowledge and experience, and is probably a tiny bit more intelligent too.

11/13/2008 9:53:27 AM

haha I bet they just start bitching each other out and calling each other out on their respective "scandals"

11/13/2008 9:54:32 AM

^^ Well put. I agree.

11/13/2008 10:54:34 AM

So that is three of us so far that say Rove wins this battle.

11/13/2008 1:24:15 PM

i agree. rove hands down.

i rather see edwards/palin.

actually that'd probably be a bad idea, given both of their histories a kid would likely be on the way

11/13/2008 1:31:26 PM

^ LOL, that's just not right

Congratulations, Edwards found a guy to debate who is more reviled than he is.

Rove is a behind-the-scenes guy, it's surprising to me that he would get in front of the camera like this.

[Edited on November 13, 2008 at 1:34 PM. Reason : 2]

11/13/2008 1:33:21 PM

I recall seeing Rove live at Duke last year. Bottom line - the dude is a freaking genius. Seriously his intelligence is off the charts. You should have seen him mop the floor during the Q&A section of the event. Rove made his case, stuck to his talking points, and carefully crafted every response. He never gave anyone an opening to attack him, staying very calm and collected throughout the night despite dealing with (obviously) a predominantly liberal audience. He even brought a stack of sheets containing his own notes/citations/reference sources on virtually every topic.

Simply put, there was never any doubt who the smartest man in the room was.

Edwards is definitely in over his head. Shoot, Dick Cheney wiped the floor with him in the '04 VP debate, and I've got every reason to think Rove can/will do worse. His only shot is by doing some incredibly in depth prep-work. Still, that's no disrespect to Edwards IMO. The list of comparatively liberal pundits that I think could handle Rove is very VERY short indeed.

[Edited on November 13, 2008 at 1:35 PM. Reason : every]

11/13/2008 1:34:18 PM

well, at least it will be entertaining.

11/13/2008 1:41:48 PM

i didn't know that rove didn't even graduate college.

i just read his wiki and it would appear as if the man has always been a shiester

11/13/2008 2:21:02 PM

Rove is a great strategist, so his performance will be solely based upon his preparation for the debate. I think a few of you are over-estimating his abilities slightly. Granted, he's a smart man, but he's no Obama.

11/13/2008 3:02:07 PM

Rove is a shrewd strategist. he's obviously highly intelligent, and is certainly quite well-versed on the conservative slant of most issues.

but as for who's going to win a public debate? I'd have to go with the trial lawyer.

the fact that Rove "mopped up" a varied field of Dookies and local citizens, has absolutely no relation to how he's going to perform in an extended one-on-one debate with a similarly intelligent, and highly polished trial lawyer.

Rove is not a professional debater. I doubt he's really done much "real" debate in his life. He's not going to handle a debate Edwards by carefully sticking to "talking points"

It won't be a blowout, but my money's on Edwards.

11/13/2008 3:12:15 PM

he was on the debate team in high school

11/13/2008 3:21:31 PM

oh.

well that changes everything.

11/13/2008 3:24:50 PM

Karl Rove will appear smug and short most likely, while Edwards will appear open and challenging.

11/13/2008 3:27:29 PM

Rove may be smarter but Edwards is by far the better speaker.

11/13/2008 5:42:15 PM

Cheney already schooled Edwards in a debate.

11/13/2008 7:07:06 PM

i seem to have missed that one. or forgotten it.

that might change my opinion.

11/13/2008 7:35:18 PM

My high school didn't have a debate team.

11/13/2008 9:50:31 PM

My high school had a Led Zeppelin team

11/13/2008 10:11:30 PM

Never underestimate John Edwards.

11/13/2008 10:21:01 PM

Edwards prepping for the debate:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kCAFkfFLQQ

11/15/2008 10:55:37 AM

What channel can I DVR this on?

11/15/2008 11:17:19 AM

both of them are pretty lame

11/15/2008 11:28:00 AM

ahhahahahahah lolzer

Quote :

" In an appearance here last month, a demonstrator tried to handcuff Rove. Rove, reacting quickly to the disturbance Thursday, remarked on the handcuff incident by saying a friend told him, "Don't worry. That's how people in San Francisco say hello.""

11/15/2008 11:29:00 AM

Quote :

"Rove is a behind-the-scenes guy, it's surprising to me that he would get in front of the camera like this. "

uhhh have you watched any fox news in october/november, no one on tv anywhere has been on tv as much as rove has
and its done a lot of good for his rep, he really seems like a down to earth, intelligent, and fairly wise person
its hard to imagine thats the same guy who is responsible for the bush administration's mistakes

11/15/2008 5:05:40 PM