pdq,

We are unable to choose from a field of saints, so the least evil, most honest, most forthright, most decent person is Mr. Edwards. Sure, he was (is) a brilliant lawyer and he can use that to his advantage when dealing with world leaders, good and bad. I want as decent as possible a family man, or woman, who has done well for themselves and will try to help those who are less fortunate.

Mr. Edwards is the only one I have found through my difficult search who is even close to the last best president I think we had in my lifetime, Dwight D. Eisenhower. Before you start, yes, he was flawed. He was just like you are, I am, and every other human being is regarding potential character flaws, but he was the best president overall, to date. Mr. Carter was the most decent, but he was an ineffective president, for many reasons. Mr. Edwards has the closest combination of those qualities from both men, although imperfect, that current politics has to offer.