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The Nation -- Republicans are sharpening their knives against Barack Obama. No smear is too insignificant to broadcast. According to Time Magazine's Michael Scherer, Floyd Brown, the creator of the infamous Willie Horton ad--credited with sinking Michael Dukakis's candidacy in 1988--is launching a new ad campaign against Obama.

Although Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry has already clinched the Democratic nomination, half the Tar Heel caucus-goers voted for Edwards, the favorite son who dropped out of the presidential race last month. Some Democrats said their vote was meant to be a political telegram to Kerry's Boston headquarters: Choose Edwards to be your vice presidential running mate. "I want to send a message to the rest of the party that we need Edwards on the ticket," said Micky Mills, 42, of Apex, who works for a cleaning company. "That North Carolina is strongly behind John Edwards. If we put him on...