[goldstategop]

No Southerner worth his pride is gonna vote for a Yankee from Massachusetts --- there's no Lyndon B Johnson to inspire partisan loyalty (and regional pride) that existed in the heyday of another U.S Senator from the Bay State - John F Kennedy.

[OldPossum]

Re your post 17, I agree. I don't think that even with Edwards as the VP candidate, the Democrats have a prayer in just about any Southern state. It's possible that they could--and I emphasize "could"--get Florida (some would argue as to whether Florida is a Southern state but it is listed as such). Slicksters such as Edwards are easily detectable on the Souherners' BS detectors, and that dog won't hunt, to mix some metaphors.

But I hope that they run him anyway.