More Pointless Veep Speculation

Matthew Yglesias provides another rationale for a John Edwards Veep candidacy. Yglesias paints Gephardt as the "safety" candidate. (This, of course, assumes that Gep can deliver certain votes which, as noted before, is not necessarily true.) Edwards, on the other hand,

is the kind of guy you pick if you're planning on going big. He's the guy who was able to sell a pretty conventional Democratic message in North Carolina a guy who, potentially at least, can get support across a broad swathe of the white working class, unionized and otherwise.

And that's what I'd like to see. Not the Gore states plus one, but the Gore states plus New Hampshire, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Ohio, West Virginia, and Florida, with surprisingly close results in Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas, and Louisiana.

I think this is a reasonable point. To the extent Kerry shares this perception one might speculate that the longer we go without an announcement the more likely that Edwards is the choice. If trends continue to show support for Bush falling off Kerry might be inclined to go for the "win big" strategy.

For what it's worth, I would like to see Edwards as the pick. However, I still think two Senators (one with an ability to outshine the other) put Edwards out of contention. I hope I'm wrong.

Update: This is an example of what I'm talking about. If stories such as this become more widespread in the coming days then it ought to bolster the case for Edwards.