Jim Pinkerton opines that VP candidate John Edwards is the embodiment of the Democrats' decades-long transition from being the party of the "sons of toil" (i.e. blue-collar workers) to being the party of the "sophists of tort" (i.e. trial lawyers). The business community understands what Edwards represents, and his inclusion on the Dem ticket may galvanize that community against Kerry, but there is no indication that blue-collar Democrats understand that Edwards and his ilk enrich themselves at the expense of the "little guys" they purport to champion.
If the GOP is wise, they will seize this opportunity for a massive campaign to erode the blue-collar support the Dems usually take for granted.
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