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John Edwards was the worse vice-presidential candidate since poor Admiral Stockdale(who was at least a fine Naval officer). Edwards lost his home state, his home county, his home town and his home precinct. 0 for 4! How much more pathetic can you get than to be utterly rejected by those who know you best.

I was listening to an FM talk radio station (I think it was 101.1 out of Greensboro NC) on the way to work yesterday, and the guys were talking about just how inconsequential Edwards was. The whole reason he was brought in was because of his dymanic personality and speaking abilities (contrasted against those of John "Lurch" Kerry), and in the end, it amounted to ZERO!...NOTHING!....NADA!

He didn't have anything to offer other than good looks and hair....which don't account for much when considering leadership abilities of men.

I HOPE he'll just go away, but I think he'll keep rearing his head. We'll see. :-)

Right after Kerry 'asked' Edwards to be his VP, Edwards started those 'front porch' tours. His 2nd one (IIRC) was in Florida. He was at a home, with a porch, all day. Per witnesses, a grand total of 8 people showed up that day to meet the VP-potential.

I think he was brought in to get a lot of trial lawyer money flowing to the ticket. Which I believe he did. I found this odd:

Edwards joked that with his exodus -- and that of fellow Southern Democrats Ernest "Fritz" Hollings of South Carolina and John Breaux of Louisiana -- "our accents will be missed here on the floor of the United States Senate."

Does he not realize NC/SC/LA will all still have 2 senators? The accent quotient will remain the same.