john edwards was running, and perhaps some others, but he saw barack obama, and he said, why don t you consider running for president. at this point, senator obama took it seriously, but it was the partnership that got everything to get done that manu and dana were talking about, and he said it best when he called him a mag matist, and he was not exactly a protagonist, and he wanted to get things done. so he is not replaceable for that, and you can see chuck grassley there, the long time senator from iowa, and how many former senators have we seen lying in this the last movrnts, and bob months co