If we were picking sides for a barroom brawl, I'd always want Eric Alterman wielding a beer bottle on my side, so I naturally like his response to the inevitable Republican attack on John Edwards that he doesn't look Presidential and couldn't take over the top office if need be. You want someone "presidential"? Guess you mean someone who can

1. mislead the country into war;

2. destroy a worldwide consensus of sympathy and solidarity for the United States;

3. increase anti-American terrorism;

4. destroy all vestiges of fiscal responsibility;

5. turn the justice system over to religious fanatics who ignore homeland defense.