For what it's worth, OpenLeft has rather startling (blowout-level) electoral predictions with Edwards on the ticket.  If those numbers were real (obviously impossible for a non-pollster such as myself to say), the interests of the party would almost compel that he be placed on the ticket.

"I think it's a huge presumption for me or anybody else to suggest what Senator Obama may decide."

Not that it'll stop anyone.

Edwards at all, which makes me a minority in the 'roots community.  I think all of the potential veep candidates should be put through a tryout on one of the Sunday shows where they are pared against the respective McCain surrogate.  As far as I know, Sebelius has not been put in this position and I would be interested to to see how she performs since I'm getting this terrible feeling that she could be near the top of Obama's list.  I guess Edwards and Hillary would be exempted from the Sunday "tryouts."

Why don't you like Edwards?

Not sure about Edwards, based on his political history.  

This becomes more feasible if Iraq continues to insist upon a timeline, at which point Obama's credibility in foreign policy gets a huge boost.

if Iraq becomes less of an issue I'd love to see an Obama/Edwards put America first message.

no one has ever explained to me how Edwards polls better than rendell in PA or better than webb/kaine in VA when polled as VP against McCain and his VPs.

name rec. alone can't explain Edwards bringing more to the ticket than governors in their own states

I know you claim to have only been here a week but you should peruse the guidelines before you write so many diaries.

Post only 1-2 diaries per day. No single or two-line diaries--if it's a comment, put it in a comment thread. Don't clutter the diaries with foolish commentary on MyDD itself. Do not create a diary that attacks another user.

weak performance in 2004 with another shot?

Edwards has national stature (both from his run with Kerry and bid this time).  What polls seem to show is that there is a small group (3-5%) of bona fide swing voters who like Edwards (who are generally white and describe themselves as moderates or conservatives--some match-ups, but not all, also suggest that they're male).

This vote seems to have shown up during the primaries, btw.  Eg., in Oklahoma Edwards got around 10%, and this was disproportionately made up of white high school grads between 40-49 who described themselves as conservative indies, didn't like Obama, Hillary, or Bill Clinton, and lived in rural areas.

On a typical poll like this, naming any VP tends to push a candidate's numbers down a bit (some fraction switch to undecided, which makes sense to me, "Let me hear what the person is going to say and then I'll decide".  

These polls for Edwards, btw, were taken in May, so who knows if the numbers are still good.  Wouldn't surprise me if they are, though.  These are probably Dems who would vote for McCain in the general unless they had a good reason not to (and Edwards seems to connect with them).

Now that Wesley Clark made "unartful" comments, according to Obama, Edwards is now my top choice for VP.  Beleive it or not, JRE was not before.

Man that Edwards is election magic.

Pity Kerry couldn't have had him run as his VP then we would have been able to beat that unpopular Bush guy...