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...that's a state that only the most dreamy-eyed Democrats give the ticket a chance of winning, even with its Senator on the ticket. Edwards' Senate re-election prospects had been far from certain when he opted instead to run for President. For all that is being made of Edwards' Southern roots, having him on the ticket isn't likely to change the Election Day forecast in the region very much, though it might force the Bush campaign to spend some more time and money protecting its turf. His Southern appeal was a major premise behind Edwards' presidential campaign...
That may be so, but plenty of Americans are still feeling overstretched and underpaid, and there is some evidence that Edwards' populist message, which helped win him a spot on the Democratic ticket, is resonating with voters: in last week's TIME poll, 51% of the likely voters interviewed said they agreed with his claim that the government under Bush benefits the rich at the expense of the middle class and the poor, and that view is shared by 55% of those who described themselves as independents. Brenda Keen, 49, a business manager for a University of Georgia literary journal...
Climbing Kilimanjaro cold is more or less what Edwards has done this year, turning a long-shot bid for the White House into a spot on the Democratic ticket. Win or lose this fall, Edwards in many ways has already won: he has beaten the odds and, at 51, will almost certainly take his place as a leading figure in the Democratic Party for years to come. His out-of-nowhere performance this year would not surprise those who have known him since he scraped his way out of Robbins, N.C., the mill town he talks about at every stop...
...least not at the top of the ticket...
...TICKET TO RIDE An exclusive gallery of images from the first days of the Kerry-Edwards campaign by TIME photographer Diana Walker...