As a former North Carolinian, I can say that there are two reasons Edwards was elected besides being soooo dreamy. 1) A lot of southerners remember the days when Democrats were not like they are today. They looked after the little guy like poor southern farmers but still had old fasioned values. 2) There are a lot of "Yankees" movin' into Tera these days and bringin' their politics with them. I think Edwards is someone to seriously watch in the time leading up to the next election. There doesn't seem to be a lot of contraversy in his past as with the Clintons, so he will be able to distance himself from them with ease and Democrats will like having a clean southern gentleman to root for. Also, and this will sound very sexist so I appoligize in advance, Edwards has Kenedy-ish good looks about him and I personnally know a lot of women who both subconsiously and consiously take that into consideration when deciding who to vote for. Kenedy pulled ahead of Nixon after the debate on TV in large part because he looked a lot better and I believe Clinton sure looked a lot better than big George and Dole. Remember how much Gore's popularity shot up after that long kiss on stage with Tipper? Heck, my wife thought Clinton was a good president even after the impeachment fiasco until I married her and exposed her to his real politics. Just something to think about.