I know this will disappoint some of you, but John Edwards isn't going to be Attorney General. It's tempting to think of him in this position, since he's well-respected and was once a practicing lawyer, but it really isn't a good match. John Edwards' number one interest is lifting the unluckiest of us out of poverty. That's what he asked Obama for in exchange for the endorsement: A poverty tour. The next AG isn't going to get to do very much about poverty, because she or he will be too busy cleaning out the Augean stable that Bush has made of the Justice Department. The next AG is going to have to be universally trusted, a brilliant manager, and a scholar of law. Think Edward Levi.
So please, stop putting putting forward Edwards for Attorney General. It's not a good match.
In fact, stop making up fantasy cabinets all together.
I know it's fun to glory in our victory, but these dream team fantasy cabinets are just silly. We don't need to fill up the Cabinet by matching our favorite politicians with the first available position. If you want to put a person in such a position of power, then at least put some time and thought into writing a diary making the case.
Or at the very least propose something appropriate, e.g., Edwards as head of a new Department of Rural and Urban Development, tasked with alleviating poverty everywhere it's found in the United States.