There are a lot of other reasons why Edwards has a good chance of winning.
- He is an Aggie although as of right now he is slightly behind in Brazos County.
- He runs as a pro-military, pro-Bush, pro-WOT Democrat (Zell Miller Type)
- All the seniors see him as the kind of Democrat they voted for back when Southern Democrats were actually conservative.
- The local media has been whoring for Edwards for ages. Not a night goes by without some pro-Edwards story.
- Texas A&M's administration and faculty have been big Edwards supporters. Not only because they're more liberal than Berkley but because he brings hundreds of millions to TAMU in the name of "homeland security"
- District 17 contains Robertson County which was the only county outside of West & South Texas (and two in East Texas) to go for Al Gore in 2000.
- When did Edwards run most of his radio commercials? During Rush and Hannity.