10 Questions for Elizabeth Edwards

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Juggling the children. We want to see them as much as possible. We want their lives to be disrupted as little as possible. Those two things obviously are in conflict. One of us would see them every other day at least so they would know we were there for them. We talked to them constantly. And when they were on vacations or had long weekends, or even short weekends sometimes, they would travel with us.

Is the country ready for a female President?

It's impossible to know. I've been ready since I was 8 and thought I wanted to be President.

Is the country ready for Elizabeth Edwards as First Lady?

[Laughs.] When John was running in 2004 in the primaries, then Florida Senator Bob Graham was in the race. His wife is regal--tall, beautiful, always perfect and gracious in every way. I think there's part of the American public that wants there to be a queen. The public would have to tell you whether they're ready for somebody who sits on the floor playing Monopoly with the kids.