I think any of the three leading democratic candidates (Clinton, Obama, and Edwards) would introduce positive change for the country, but there are major issues with each candidate that would detract from how many swing votes they will get.
Edwards is the most electable because he is a white male. By that I mean there are a lot of people who will not vote for Obama because he is black or Clinton because she is a woman. I think that Edwards is the worst candidate of the three.
A president needs to be emotionally stable and able to make good decisions day in and day out because the president wields so much power an off day could be disastrous. John Edwards' wife has metastatic stage 4 breast cancer and has a 26% chance of living more than five years. It is always very sad when someone is diagnosed with cancer especially when they are as great of a person as Elizabeth Edwards is. Having a sick wife is going to be extremely difficult for John Edwards to deal with. If it progresses further it will require a great deal of his attention as it should. A president needs to invest so much time and energy in running the country that there is very little left for family. One aspect will always suffer.
Would be able to perform as the President of the United States if your wife or husband died of cancer in the middle of your term?
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9904E7DC1530F930A15750C0A9619C8B63 new york times article on Elizabeth Edwards' cancer
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