John Edwards on "This Week"

What an awesome interview. I felt Edwards was given a significant amount of air time to address a wide spectrum of issues.

There will be more than a few on the Right who will say that George S. was pandering and about the same number on the left who will say he was harder on Edwards than he has been on other candidates.

I would offer the perspective that both are right- neither are right.

The questions were pointed- almost harsh. They were questions Edwards will need to face again and a again. They were questions that Edwards will need to answer again and again if he is to avoid the 'flip-flop' montage that has plagued every Democratic candidate since Michael Dukakas. The politics of the right is overwhelmingly predictable.

The right could argue- somewhat effectively- that the questions were exactly what the Edwards campaign needed. They may even express a sense that Stephanopolis is a Edwards supporter who gave Edwards a chance to face these strong questions early in order to grow in strength.

I don't think I would go that far. I would however say that George S seems to be holding Edwards to a standard that he hasn't held for other candidates he has interviewed. I believe it to be the case that George sees Edwards- moreso than others- as 'potentially the guy'. Being a political junkie, he is thereofore using his forum to try to come to a more definitive answer.

As a result, his viewing audience benefitted from the exprience.