Scholastic Kids
interview candidates' children
Cate Edwards
Scholastic Kids
interview candidates' children
Cate
Edwards: 21, senior at Princeton University majoring in politics
Evelyn Velez: What is it about your father that you think makes him the right
choice for President?
Cate: I think he’s very very optimistic. He really has a lot of hope for this
country and for our future, which I think is important especially for the youth,
because it is our future, literally and he also has real solutions to the
problems that he sees. I also have known him my entire life and whenever he puts
his mind to something, he gets it done. // when he was a lawyer he would really,
really fight for the people that he represented. He wouldn't stop. He worked
very very hard and wouldn't stop until he got the job done.
EV: Does watching your father’s campaign make you want to run for office?
CATE: I would like to work in politics, but I don't think I would want to run
for office myself. I'm personally not very good at public speaking and a lot of
the things that I consider to be important attributes for a person running for
office, or a person in office. I’m actually more interested in the issues side
of it than the more strategic political side.
EV: How much influence do you have on your father? What are some of the
things you've introduced him to in pop culture—things he wouldn’t normally know
about if you hadn't shown him?
CATE: I make him watch my favorite show all the time. When he’s home and we want
to watch TV I always make him watch Friends, my favorite TV show. And he
actually really likes it now. And I try to play music and give him little
quizzes about pop culture just to tease him.
EV: What was the funniest thing you've ever seen your dad do?
CATE: I'd have to say dance. He’s really not a good dancer. I've made so much
fun of him, he just now does it to entertain me. It’s very funny.
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