Reply #70: AP - a serious question

[DancingBear]

I spent about a year in northern NC recently, and befriended a man whose ex-wife was very active in NC politics (on a national level) before she moved to Michigan. He/she are both ADAMANT that Edwards was in deep trouble with regard to re-election to the Senate, and was considered a "pretty boy" Senator by much of NC.

Both of these folks are long time Dems, and both have deep deep roots in NC, so I take their comments under advisement. How was/is Edwards perceived in his home state? Aside from the two aforementioned folks, I heard little else positive/negative about him during my time there, but I will say that politics was not a daily subject.

(Let's get my biases out of the way now - I am of the belief that he adds nothing to the ticket at either end, as he will not help in carrying the south due to his relative obscurity in the Senate. Oh yea, that whole trial lawyer/mill worker thing has gotten reallllly old in a hurry).

Divest yourself from the campaign for a moment, and put on your "regular guy" hat - how is Edwards viewed by those who know him best? Are my friends wrong?