Edwards lost his seat and now needs a new job. Especially since he basically promised the Carolinas to Kerry and was soundly smacked there by the Bush campaign. But its tough to get into areas where manufacturing jobs have shifted to from the northern US in recent years. Not with US based companies but with companies like BMW, Mercedes, Honda, Toyota, Hyundai, Ogihara...bascially large overseas automobile builders have moved engine plants and car plants into Alabama, South and North Carolina so its tough for the Democrats to gain a huge foothold here.