DEMOCRATS AND THE SOUTH
Over at Pendagon, you'll find an argument that Zell Miller is right about one thing (of course, this is all they think he's right about): That Democrats must not write off the South if they want to be a national party.

You may remember that Bush did a bit of campaigning in California in 2000. Now, we all know he didn't really have any chance to win there, but the point was to get it close enough that Gore would have to spend money there. That's part of what the Democrats should try to do in the South. A John Edwards nomination alone would force the Republicans to spend money in NC and SC and GA and VA when they'd rather be spending it in WV, LA, NH, PA, WI, NM and other close 2000 states.

If Kerry gets nominated, I don't know when it will happen, but the Democratic Party will eventually realize that they nominated another Northeastern liberal, the lieutenant governor to Michael Dukakis no less, who will be unable to compete on Republican territory and will have to defend blue states rather than try to win red states.

Democrats may start down the path to that realization if Edwards gets some momentum from expected wins in SC and OK and then picks up TN and VA in the next contests.