A Kerry-Edwards ticket? Dream on, say advisers [View All]

[Wonk]

JANESVILLE, Wis. -- After watching John Edwards' personable, Southern-fried stump speech, many Democrats have been talking about a presidential dream team: John F. Kerry and John Edwards.

But interviews with both campaigns indicate a Kerry-Edwards ticket has always been unlikely, and advisers to both men lack the excitement for such a pairing that some voters feel.

Several Kerry advisers say the Massachusetts senator is skeptical about Edwards' strength as a running mate, saying he appears to lack the clout with Southern voters that he often brags about being able to deliver. Edwards' inability to win more than a single primary state thus far may give him the aura of a loser in the general election, these Kerry aides said.

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