A VP candidate is announced

So it will be Edwards who will be accompanying Kerry on the ballot. This came as a bit of a shock to me, since I'm notoriously bad at selecting VP candidates. We'll see how this turns out in the end. I hope it is a good thing.

Edwards adds more of a southern flavor to the ballot. In fact, it's a southern ticket far as I'm concerned. I hope that bodes well. It should give us North Carolina, or at the least a strong showing in it. With Edwards being a one term senator, like Hillary, it makes for something of a golden boy aura.

[Should H. W. Bush get knocked off in November, I expect another golden boy to crop up in the '08 race. Republican MN Senator Norm Coleman.]

Edwards was the top pick, as it turned out. He is also the second top delegate earner in the primaries, which shows that the pair should have a very broad base of support. At least among likely National Convention Delegates. I'll reserve judgment on the conventions for another time, but I think delegate counts did factor into the decision. Kerry had it locked from way back, but Edwards was leagues ahead of everyone else when it came to counts. That has to, er, count for something.