Possible Clues:

• Picked by the party
• Given a nod
• Seems there isn't an M so appointed in an Edward
• Proposed as a candidate
• Potentially Oscar-winning drama made money outside America finally
• Proposed for candidacy
• Put forward for election
• Proposed name I don't alter
• As proposed, Edward, it seems, contains not a M
• Named the man I tangled with in a famous case