Speaking of John Edwards. I remember back in 2002, a then girlfriend showed me a Cosmo magazine puff piece on John Edwards. It described Edwards as the sexiest and smartest man in DC. Come to think of it, the narrative could easily have been about Obama. If you recall, the early of part this decade, the media attempted to pump up Edwards as an American Idol candidate. Edwards was the rough draft version of Obama. What killed the Edwards express was his less stellar performance on Meet the Press with Tim Russert.