“Lost an election that wasn’t your fault?”

While Democratic candidate John Kerry was reaching his decision to concede President Bush’s victory in the presidential race, rather than pursue an almost certainly unsuccessful challenge to the Ohio vote count, running mate John Edwards “counseled [him] against swift surrender”, according to the AP: One senior Democrat familiar with the discussions said Edwards was suggesting […]

While Democratic candidate John Kerry was reaching his decision to concede President Bush’s victory in the presidential race, rather than pursue an almost certainly unsuccessful challenge to the Ohio vote count, running mate John Edwards “counseled [him] against swift surrender”, according to the AP:

One senior Democrat familiar with the discussions said Edwards was suggesting to Kerry that he shouldn’t concede.

The official said Edwards, a trial lawyer, wanted to make sure all options were explored and that Democrats pursued them as thoroughly as Republicans would if the positions were reversed.

The mischievous headline is that of James Taranto at WSJ “Best of the Web“.

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