Value added: Edwards for VP

Marc Abrams

www.rasmussenreports.com has become one of my favorite web sites these days.  I check it daily without fail.  Here's some interesting data they posted today relating to te enet favorability of various choices for Obama's VP pick:

Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters Each Night
From July 25-27, 2008

Candidate	Fav	Unfav	Net
Edwards	56%	35%	+21
Clinton	51%	46%	+5
Biden	35%	34%	+1
Kaine	20%	20%	0
Sebelius	18%	22%	-4
Hagel	24%	30%	-6
Webb	22%	28%	-6
Bayh	21%	30%	-9

The bottom line is that no one comes close to John Edwards.  More specifically, Edwards' blue colar background covers those votes Clinton kept winning in the late primaries, and will go over particularly well in the most valuable piece of political real estate in America -- working class SE Ohio counties that will swing that state.

I was an early Edwards guy who ended with Obama, so I'd personally love to see this.  But the data indicates Edwards would also be the best choice.  what do you think?

By Marc Abrams July 28, 2008