DON'T LOOK BACK, SOMTHING MAY BE GAINING ON YOU

It's no surprise that John Kerry's selection of John Edwards as his running mate produced a bounce in the overnight polls. The Bush campaign has already started to attack Edwards on inexperience, even though Edwards is older than Clinton was when Clinton became president and has six years more experience in national elective office than Bush did when Bush became president. Bush's quote on Edwards? "Dick Cheney can be president. Next?"

That message hasn't sunk in with the American public, as polls suggest more of them would rather have Edwards as Commander in Chief than Cheney (45-38, according to NBC). Considering the usual advantages of incumbency, and the fact that much of the American public does not yet have much of an impression of Edwards, this is a problem for the Bush campaign. "Next?" in the minds of the voters may mean something Bush does not desire.