KERRY'S VEEP
So the speculation begins, and is often wrong when suggesting that a Kerry-Edwards ticket would have trouble winning North Carolina. With all of the Panthers-in-the-Super-Bowl like coverage the Edwards has been getting here, I'm sure that Kerry-Edwards would be the odds on favorites to snag the Tar Heel state's 15 electoral votes.

But I still think the safe pick is what Kerry will make. He's not shown much history of stepping out on a limb for principle. It's all about safe political calculation - so he'll probably pick Gephardt and hope to get Missouri's 11 electoral votes out of the Republican column.

Here's some other speculation from National Review. I've got one question: Jim Hunt? Are you serious. Can you imagine Jim Hunt and John Kerry standing side by side? Or a Hunt/Cheney debate?