AP Interview: Edwards Says Obama Should Run For President

[Herman Munster]

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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards isn't yet willing to commit to another run for president, but the 2004 Democratic nominee for vice president said Sunday that Illinois Sen. Barack Obama should get into the race. "I hope he runs. I think he should run," Edwards told The Associated Press. "This is such an important job that I would urge anybody who can make a serious contribution to the campaign and the dialogue _ either in our party or the other party _ to run."

Obama was still a candidate for Senate in 2004, when he delivered the keynote address at Democratic National Convention that sent Edwards and Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry onto the general election against President Bush.

Should he enter the race, Obama _ along with New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Edwards _ would be among the favorites for the party's nomination. While none of the three have said for certain they are planning to run, Edwards said Sunday that anyone with something to offer should get into the race.

"America ought to have a choice among the best possible people to be president of the United States. And I trust the judgment of the voters."