Well, maybe, but my theory is that these VP candidates can only at best drag their own state along, where they're popular (if they're popular in their home state). I just don't think Edwards is a national figure - by that I mean that he's not going to appeal to all southerners across that large region just because he's a southerner himself. After all, they would know they're really voting for a liberal northeasterner for president, and the VP doesn't really matter. Can anyone who would like to refute this theory point to VP's who really changed things nationally? Did more than carry their own state against the grain of the Presidential nominee?