Was John Edwards the Marco Rubio of 2008?

[Don Vito Corleone]

Think about it. A candidate who was perfect on paper for their respective party, but came no where close to winning the nomination. Or am I just grasping at straws here?

[Mr. Smith]

Nope. His only sins [at the time, the whole Reilly Hunter thing was later] were lacking the correct phenotype or genitals.

Bill Richardson was more like Rubio actually.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

With Clinton and Obama it was pretty much clear Edwards' chances are very, very slim. Rubio, on the other hand, was long considered to have a serious shot.

[Mr. Smith]

John Edwards was more like the John Kasich of 2008 actually.

[White Trash]

The difference being that Edwards actually showed up for his job and was a competent speaker and debater. The same cannot be said for Lil' Marco.

[Orthogonian Society Treasurer]

No. Edwards had genuine charisma.

[Blair]

I'd say Edwards was a much better speaker; and barring Obama running, he most likely would have had a good shot as the anti-Clinton candidate.

He was like Rubio in that he never appeared comfortable in the Senate, and simply saw it as a springboard but he never had at all as much hype in his first national race (2004) as Rubio did in his (2016)

[AtorBoltox]

Yes in that their respective campaigns were both fuelled entirely by identity politics

[Young Conservative]

Rubio is a good man. Edwards has an affair while his wife had cancer. There is no equivalency between the two.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

More like 2004.

[Kingpoleon]

Edwards had a gay sex scandal??

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He had a career ending scandal, but still wasn't the joke that Rubio was.