Tim Ryan: “I think all of us were very excited about the announcement of Senator Edwards to join Senator Kerry on the ticket, and I…”

“I think all of us were very excited about the announcement of Senator Edwards to join Senator Kerry on the ticket, and I think it illustrates the kind of excitement that is going to be around in the fall. I mean, I think it is going to be an exciting election, and we have to celebrate not only what party we stand for but I think process in general, the fact that there is going to be a great election; and Americans are going to get to decide whether or not the President who has been in charge for the last 4 years is going to get rehired, or if he is going to get 'Donald Trumped,' and we are going to ask somebody else to come in and take over and set us in another direction. I think what we have been trying to do here is try to articulate for a lot of the people, not only those people who are 30 or 20 or in college or in high school or affected by the No Child Left Behind, but also to say to other Americans who are concerned about the future of this country that we are going to have real debate. And I think, from the e-mails we have received, and from the comments that we have heard and the calls we get at our office, people have appreciated the fact that my colleague and I are not personalizing this. This is not personal, this is business.”