[Aetius]

I think there is some truth to what you say about southern liberals feeling the need to establish their bonafides with the northern liberals that they so want to be.

But then there are the John Edwards types. He goes on and on about his working-class roots, and small town values as a deliberate way to try and curry the support of all the small-town, working-class Southerners who on net disagree with him on virtually every social issue. He hides his liberalism behind a cloak designed to keep people from noticing just how far left he is on so many issues. Believe me, when he ran for Senate in 1998 he didn't bother telling the voters that he favors amnesty for illegal aliens, or that he would oppose conservative judges, etc.

[gatorbait]

Edwards walks that line hoping, usually with success, that the voters won't be paying attention and can't be bothered to look past a sound bite. His type bets heavily that only his masters bother and that the mass will simply react to nice sounds.Sound right to you?