Could very well be. I don't think kerry's natural disdain for common people would let him partner with a pretty southern boy. Even though is edwards is liberal enough, slimey enough, and wealthy enough to be a democrat politician, he did, after all have to earn his money rather than marry it. Then too, he just might embarass the proper ruling class by having had some past positive experience with grits.
He could spend hours bantering with people in a Waffle House (not that anybody I know has ever done that).