The choice of Edwards as a running mate just serves to validate John Kerry's unseriousness and lack of preparation to govern. John Edwards simply is unqualified to be Commander-in-Chief in wartime and his selection as a running mate was not with a view toward preparation for governing, but with a view toward regaining power. George Bush demonstrated his seriousness in 2000 by selecting Dick Cheney, a man who would be eminently qualified, if God forbid it became necessary, to serve as President.

Hasn't Elvis been sighted more often than John Edwards?

Given the delusions much of the media had about the dynamic energy Edwards would add to the Kerry ticket, odds are reporters covering the Edwards campaign right now are, if not on suicide watch, at the very least marking off their calendar days until the VP debate wit Cheney, so they can at least have a little relevance again and get a few seconds of videotape on the air or a couple of paragraphs in the paper further forward than page A-23.

Edwards has entered the witness protection program. His wife has gotten more press than he has.

I was just getting ready to ring in with that same question: Where in the world has Edwards been? He seems invisible. He's been talked about very little since the week after his selection.

I was gonna ask if it were just me, missing something, but then I see a couple of other posters alluded to the same phenomenon. So I guess it's not just me.

Tomas:

In a m,ove apparently intended to demonstrate their astounding incompetence, the Kerry campaign has him wandering around Red States that they have no chance of winning. When he moves to the Blue States you'll know they've given up and are just trying to minimize their losses in the Congress.

A few days ago I was listening to a left wing talk show host go into raptures about a poll that had determined that Edwards had the best smile of the four major candidates (Cheney was a poor fourth). I guess the theory is that what works with juries will work with the electorate.

I agree Kerry will not win a red state but the Washington Post thinks he may. They have run a couple of articles recently suggesting Virginia is in play for the first time since the 60s. Wishful thinking.

Edwards is wisely in a foxhole with his helmet pulled down tight until this latest barrage ends. His selection as VP equals that of Dan Quayle's. I can't think of a more effective VP than Dick Cheney, in my history as a voter, and I don't consider myself a far right winger.

Chris B:

Go to the dairy section. You'll find his winning smile decorating quart cartons of milk.

Edwards didn't really have a good choice about the VP selection. He was obviously being asked under the bizarre delusion that a VP can actually swing votes (and the need for such votes was a statement that Kerry couldn't win on his own charms). If he said yes, after the loss he'll be thrown overboard as a nasty reminder of the humiliation, and he's not from the Dean wing of the party, who are going to be mighty angry. If he said no, he's not from the Dean wing of the party, who are going to be mighty angry. He's toast either way.

The attack role may conflict with the nice guy image he cultivated in the primaries, but it's a more natural state for a man who made millions suing obstetricians into bankruptcy for things that weren't even their fault. No, the real reason Edwards isn't taking the attack role is that the Media, Moore and Soros' 527 brigade have that amply covered. Edwards is being hidden by consent of the party to be their '08 contingency plan.

Does one suppose the Dean wing might just be angry enough to break with the Democratic party entirely and set up their own party? I know, wishful thinking.

BTW: I don't notice much talk anymore about Dick Cheney stepping aside as Vice-Presidential candidate this year.

Dick Cheney is more likely to vacation in Cambodia than step down from the ticket.