Dorgan: Edwards for VP

[NewJerseyDem]

http://www.rollcall.com/issues/49_107/news/5127-1.html (subscription required)

Senate Democratic Policy Committee Chairman Byron Dorgan (N.D.) is quietly urging his colleagues to back Sen. John Edwards (N.C.) as their party’s vice presidential nominee to help balance the ticket with a Southern voice who would also appeal to voters in key battleground states in other regions of the country.

Dorgan has been talking up Edwards’ candidacy to Senators in informal discussions just as there is a new sense of urgency among Democrats for Sen. John Kerry (Mass.), his party’s presumptive presidential nominee, to choose a running mate soon.

“I am not waging a campaign, I am just expressing myself and others should express their interest as well,” Dorgan said. “I think people in our Caucus like him, and I think almost everyone understands he ran a great campaign.

“I want the strongest ticket possible this fall. I want to win the presidency and I happen to believe ... the strongest ticket possible will be a John Kerry-John Edwards ticket.”